Stutts v. Stutts

HALE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a habeas corpus proceeding. Appellees, H. C. Stutts and ■wife, instituted the suit on November 28, 1942, in the District Court of Limestone County against their son, Jesse Stutts, and his former wife, Mary Stutts, alleging that ■ the best interests of their grandson, M. L. Stutts, a boy four years of age, would he served by awarding its custody to them. On March 18, 1943, Mary Stutts filed her plea of privilege in statutory form, asserting her right to be sued in Navarro County. On March 30, 1943, appellees filed their controverting affidavit to such plea.…