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NEWTON v. PASLAY

No. 15354.

307 S.W.2d 305 (1957)

W. F. NEWTON et ux., Appellants, v. Frank Howe PASLAY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

November 22, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl R. Parker, Dallas, and Balford Morrison, Irving, for appellants.

Leslie Jackson, Dallas, for appellee.

DIXON, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment denying the application of appellants, W. F. Newton and his wife Goldie Newton, to adopt their grandson, three and a half years old.

On October 6, 1956 appellee Frank Howe Paslay, father of the child, filed suit against appellants, asking custody of his son. The baby had lived in the home of appellants, his maternal grandparents, since his birth. Appellants...

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