Stanton v. Franklin
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Bexar County ; Robert W. B. Terrell, Judge. Habeas corpus by Bertha Franklin and husband to recover custody of children restrained of their liberty by R. D. Stanton. From a judgment awarding custody of the children to the mother, the- defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
FLY, O. J.
Bertha Franklin, joined by her husband, sought, through a writ of habeas corpus, to recover the custody of her children, David Homer Stanton, a boy nine years of age, and Virgil Roy Stanton, a boy six years of age, who, it was alleged, were illegally restrained of their liberty by R. D. Stanton. Mrs. Franklin alleged that she was the mother of the two boys, whose father was dead, and was entitled to the custody of her children. Appellant answered that Mrs. Franklin abandoned her children about February 1, 1919, and for more than three yeárs had failed and refused to support them,…
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