DUNN v. TIERNAN

No. 5111.

284 S.W.2d 754 (1955)

Burnice H. DUNN, Appellant, v. Peggy Jean TIERNAN and Richard Tiernan, Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Denied November 16, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fryer, Milstead & Luscombe, El Paso, for appellant.

William C. Collins, El Paso, for appellees.


FRASER, Justice.

This is a child custody case. Burnice H. Dunn, appellant, and Peggy Jean Dunn Tiernan, appellee, were married in 1945, and had two children, Beverly Virginia Dunn, four years of age, and Syretta Ann Dunn, eight years of age. By contract in 1952 the mother granted exclusive custody of the children to the father. On February 12, 1953, appellant was granted a divorce in Juarez, Mexico, at a time when he was living in El Paso with the children. Appellant...

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