Stubblefield v. Hampton

W. O. MURRAY, Chief Justice.

This suit was begun by Earl C. Johnston and wife, Beatriz Floyd Johnston, filing in the District Court of Webb County on January 30, 1956, their petition to adopt two brothers, Jerry Davie Stubblefield, five years of age, and Robert Joseph Stub-blefield, three years of age. Prior thereto, on January 12, 1956, Manly G. Stubblefield, father of the two, minors, had signed a written consent to have the boys adopted. He made an affidavit that Maria Vela Stubblefield, the mother of the children, had abandoned them. Miss Luz Elida Rivas was appointed to investigate the…