Bowyer v. Bowyer

HICKMAN, Chief Justice.

On July 23, 1923, defendant in error, Jenny V. Bowyer, was granted a divorce from plaintiff in error, Courtney Berry Bowyer, in the district court of Taylor county, Forty-Second judicial district. The judgment awarded the custody of their minor daughter, Jean Melville Bowyer, to the mother. In Septem-beri 1933, Mrs. Bowyer instituted this suit in the court which had theretofore rendered the divorce decree, seeking recovery in two capacities, and upon two causes of action, which will be considered separately.

In the first place, she sought recovery in her own right…