Webb v. Barnett

WILLIAMS, Justice.

Mildred Dianne ■ Cox, born August 8, 1945, the daughter of Mable Barnett Cox, who died September 11, 1945, and the granddaughter of Ben W. Barnett and wife, remained in the care of and in the home of her maternal grandparents at Houston, Texas, from the child’s birth until May 31, 1946.

A habeas corpus proceeding, filed by W. L. Webb as next friend for Walter M. Cox, the father of the child (the father at the time being under 21 years of age) in which W. L. Webb in his representative capacity and Walter M. Cox joined issue with Ben W. Barnett and wife, resulted in a decree…