Clark v. Hendricks
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Bee County; F. G. Chambliss, Judge. Habeas corpus by W. E. Clark against A. S. Hendricks and wife to procure the custody of a child. From a judgment awarding custody to defendants, .plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtFly, C. J.
Appellant applied for a writ of habeas corpus commanding appellees to bring his infant daughter, Winnie Josephine Clark,, before the court, and prayed for her care and custody. The writ was awarded, and appel-lees answered by general demurrer and general denial, and specially answered that they were the grandparents of the child, an infant, one year of age; that her mother, their daughter, had died when said infant was-only six days old, and she was given into their custody, by appellant, so long as the grandmother should live, and he promised to contribute to the support and maintenance of…
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