EX PARTE CAHILL

No. 5080.

286 S.W.2d 210 (1955)

Ex Parte Sylvia Christine CAHILL, A Minor, et al.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

October 27, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack W. Knight, Houston, for appellant.

Thos. A. Wheat, Thos. J. Hightower, Liberty, for appellee.


R. L. MURRAY, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal involving the custody of four minor children. In a habeas corpus proceeding in the District Court of Liberty County, the trial court awarded custody of the children to their maternal grandmother, Mrs. Lona Partain, and the father of the children, Robert I. Cahill, appeals from such judgment.

The history of the case is one of tragedy. The mother of the children, Mrs. Maxine Cahill, was placed in John Sealy Hospital...

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