Wood v. Cosme

BARRON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the Court of Domestic Relations of Brazoria County, Texas on May 21, 1969 in favor of Mary Trevino Cosme and husband, Ignacio Cosme, for the adoption of Carmela Loraine Delgado, a minor, and against Mrs. Dora Wood and husband, James Wood. The minor child is the daughter of Mrs. Dora Wood, formerly known as Dora Mateus. The trial court overruled Mr. and Mrs. Wood’s plea of res judicata and estoppel by judgment, which said pleas were based on a prior suit between the same litigants and a final judgment therein rendered by the same…