Rosson v. De Arman

CHADICK, Chief Justice.

Proceedings to declare a 9-year-old boy a dependent and neglected child and provide for his care by awarding his custody to Frank and Minnie Rosson were instituted by the State of Texas in a District Court of Hunt County. Mary Newby DeArman, the natural mother of the child, and her husband, C. D. DeArman, answered the State’s suit and filed cross-action, seeking custody of the child. Frank Rosson and his wife, Minnie Rosson, intervened, generally denied the allegations of the DeAr-man cross-action, and upon independent grounds sought custody of the child. After a…