BROOKS v. WICHITA COUNTY

No. 16511.

377 S.W.2d 771 (1964)

Mack Henry BROOKS et ux., Appellants, v. WICHITA COUNTY, Texas, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

April 3, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ferguson, Cleburne, for appellants.

Donald E. Short, County Attorney, and Glynn Purtle, Asst. County Atty., Wichita Falls, for appellee.


RENFRO, Justice.

The Juvenile Court of Wichita County declared the minor children, Sherry Lynn Brooks and Billy Jack Brooks, to be dependent and neglected children. Custody of the children was placed in the Probation Department of Wichita County.

The father of the children was an inmate of the State penitentiary at Huntsville.

The mother of the children voluntarily appeared, testified she could not care for the children, and requested the court to...

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