Ferguson v. Coody

This is a venue action growing out of a controversy over the custody of an eleven year old boy.

Plaintiffs, C. C. Coody and wife, instituted this proceeding in Tarrant County, Texas against defendants, Margaret Ferguson and husband, Bud Ferguson, residents of Wichita County, Texas.

Plaintiffs' petition asserted, in substance, that defendant, Margaret Ferguson, was formerly married to Red Payne; that there was born to that union a child named Phillip, a boy now eleven years of age (this is the child whose custody is in controversy); that the said Margaret Ferguson and her husband were divorced…