Wingo v. Rudder
Texas Supreme Court
Questions certified from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District in an appeal from Milam County.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Gaines
This is a certified question from the Court of Civil Appeals of the Third Supreme Judicial District.
A brief statement of the case and of the question is as follows:
Haney Mitchell, the mother of the plaintiffs, then being twelve or thirteen years old, in April, 1869, ran away from her father’s home in Montgomery County, Alabama,, and was clandestinely married to one Hale Windham. They lived together two or three days, when she returned to her father’s home and never lived with him again, nor is there any evidence that he ever attempted to get her to come back and to live with him. She was sent…
2Cited by19 opinions
- Freeman v. PierceCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922
- Alexander v. HarrisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923
- Hand v. ErringtonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1921
- Irwin v. BashamCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1974
- Fidelity Union Ins. v. HutchinsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1937
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