Conlee v. Burton

LOONEY, Justice.

This is a child custody case; the deplorable and tragic events leading to the present controversy, in short, are these: On December 12, 1938, Lemon H. Burton and Mary Cecelia Burton, man and wife, were divorced by a decree of the District Court of Rockwall Cou'nty, Texas, and the custody of their only child, a son, William Henry Burton, now about eight years of age, was awarded part time to each parent. After the divorce, Mary Cecelia married Dudley (or Dick) Conlee, and for some time prior to December 20, 1941, resided with her second husband at the town of Bryson, Jack…