Short v. Short

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE HAMILTON

delivered the opinion of the Court.

James V. Short, Jr., brought habeas corpus proceedings in Jim Wells County, Texas, on November 16, 1960, to obtain possession of his two children, James E. and Sherrie Lynn Short, aged three years and two years respectively. The children’s mother, Barbara Short, answered this petition on November 18, 1960, and also filed a cross action for custody of the children. The District Court of Jim Wells County, after a hearing, ordered care and custody of the children to the mother with one month of visitation each year to the father. The…