Bacon v. Bacon

WILSON, Justice.

The paternal grandparents of children whose custody is here involved appeal from order overruling their plea of privilege to the mother’s 'cross-action seeking custody.

The mother and father of these children were divorced. The divorce decree awarded custody to the father, giving the mother visitation rights. The father thereafter died. The grandparents instituted an action in Houston County, alleging the grandmother was the lawful guardian of the persons and estates of the minors; that plaintiffs had control and custody of them since infancy, and support and rearing of the…