Ellington v. Floyd

CODY, Justice.

This is a plea of privilege case.

This is a suit in which the plaintiffs below, appellees here, sought to change and enlarge the right of custody of the minor, Johnnie Roy Ellington, as the same had been awarded to Carolyn Floyd; formerly the wife' of defendant, appellant herein, said order as to custody of said minor having been made in the divorce suit between Mrs. Floyd and her then husband, defendant, in cause No. 13,082, in the District Court of Shelby County, Texas, on August 9, 1946. Since the date of .the aforesaid divorce decree and award of custody of aforesaid minor,…