Matthews v. Whittle

SUTTON, Justice.

This is an appeal from the 103rd District Court of Cameron County.

The parties will here be designated as in the trial court.

The appellants here, T. M. Matthews and his wife, as plaintiffs below, brought this suit against the appellee, Alice Whittle, defendant below, for the custody of a minor male child, about six years of age, same being the natural child of the plaintiffs and an adopted child of the defendant. The trial was before the court without a jury on defendant’s plea in abatement and in bar, and the judgment was for the defendant and against the plaintiffs. From that…