Vilas v. Vilas

On February 5, 1930, Mrs. Susan Wharton Vilas obtained, in the Garland Chancery Court, a divorce from her husband, L. A. Vilas. The court found in that case that the parties had agreed ‘ ‘ as to the rights of the plaintiff in and to the property of the defendant,” and that, pursuant to this agreement, the defendant had created a trust fund of $100,000 for the plaintiff’s benefit.

The court was asked to award the custody of the children — three in number and all minors — to the plaintiff, but this was not done. Upon the subject of the custody of the children, the decree recites that “the care…