Slaughter v. Oakes
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Dallas County ; W. F. Whitehurst, Judge. Habeas corpus by W. B. Slaughter and wife against C. E. Oakes and others. From judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtTalbot, J.
This suit was instituted by Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Slaughter, husband and wife, in the district court of Dallas county, Tex., against Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Oakes, husband and wife, and Mrs. Eloise Slaughter, in which the plaintiffs seek by writ of habeas corpus to recover possession of Dorothy Corine Slaughter, a girl about 11 years of age. The plaintiffs are the paternal grandparents, the defendants, Mr. and Mrs. Oakes, are the maternal grandparents, and the defendant, Mrs. Eloise Slaughter, is the mother of the child. The plaintiffs resided in Dallas county, Tex., and the defendants, who had the…
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