Walker v. Lindsey

R. L. MURRAY, Chief Justice... This is an, original action filed in-this court in the nature of an application for writ of mandamus and writ of prohibition. The relators, Ruth Walker and her husband, Woodrow Walker, seek a writ of mandamus and writ of prohibition against the Honorable E. A. Lindsey, District Judge of the First Judicial District of Texas, and J. L. Ratcliff, Sr., Mrs. J. L. Ratcliff, Sr., and J. L. Ratcliff, Jr. The controversy arose over the custody of a minor child, John Carl Ratcliff, who is the son of the relator, Ruth Walker, and respondent, J. L. Ratcliff, Jr. The minor…