Griggs v. Griggs

McNEIUL, Justice.

This appeal is from an adverse judgment rendered on a non-jury trial of a bill of review, wherein Emma Jo Griggs sought to have an adoption theretofore granted of her infant daughter set aside and to recover custody of the child.

Chronologically, the facts are: Emma Jo and Bobby Joe Griggs, deaf-mutes, were man and wife living in Houston. They had the child, Debbie Dee. A short time after the birth of the child the couple had marital difficulties. There finally was a separation and Emma Jo Griggs moved to Freeport. On April 21, 1962, Bobby Joe Griggs, his father, Roy Griggs,…