Sparks v. Gandy

COE, Chief Justice.

The appellant, E. W. Sparks, brought this suit in the District Court of Jefferson County, Texas against S. O. Gandy and wife, Irene Gandy, in the nature of a habeas corpus proceeding in which he sought the care and custody of his minor child, Donna Kay Sparks, a girl approximately three years of age. .The appel-lees, S. O. Gandy and wife, answered by way of exceptions and a plea of res ju-dicata, alleging that the question of the care, custody and control of said minor child had previously been heard and determined by judgment entered in . cause No. 17487-C, which was a…