Cook v. Wofford

BATEMAN, Justice.

In this child custody case Mrs. Frances Cook, maternal grandmother, and her husband Lansford Cook, sought the care, custody and control of two small children of C. J. Wofford and his first wife Barbara. The jury verdict was in favor of the father, and Mr. and Mrs. Cook appeal from the judgment rendered thereon.

*693Appellee and his first wife were divorced, and in that proceeding custody was given to the mother, Barbara, but she died shortly thereafter. During Barbara’s terminal illness her mother, whose home was and is in Houston, Texas, spent a great deal of time managing the…