Maxwell v. Maxwell

HALL, Justice.

On October 28, 1931, appellee Ruby Mina Maxwell recovered judgment for divorce against John H. Maxwell in a district court of Tarrant County, Texas.

In the year 1942, John H. Maxwell instituted a suit in the district court of Dallas County, Texas by filing an application for writ of habeas corpus, wherein he sought possession of their child, Zella Rosemary Maxwell. Ruby Mina Maxwell, appellee in the instant case, filed her answer and cross action on July 10, 1942, in the Dallas County case, supra, alleging she was entitled to be reimbursed for monies she had expended for support…