WILLSON v. JONES

No. 15294.

304 S.W.2d 573 (1957)

John Robert WILLSON et ux., Appellants, v. Nora Ellen JONES et vir, Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied July 19, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eldon Lee Bell, W. H. Hall and Earl R. Parker, Dallas, for appellants.

Dalford Todd, Dallas, for appellees.


YOUNG, Justice.

On October 26, 1954 appellees filed this suit to set aside a judgment of adoption of date August 23, 1954, by terms of which Mrs. Bertha Brewer Willson, paternal grandmother, and husband John R. Willson, stepgrandfather, were permitted to adopt the minor son of petitioner, Mrs. Nora Ellen Jones, without her knowledge or consent. This is a second appeal of the cause. On first trial the judgment of adoption had been confirmed. See Jones v. Willson, Tex...

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