MEADE v. MEADE

No. 11486.

414 S.W.2d 541 (1967)

Linda MEADE, Appellant, v. Walter B. MEADE, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

April 12, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Wright, Grand Prairie, for appellant.

Frank S. Wright, Dallas, for appellee.


HUGHES, Justice.

This is a divorce suit in which Linda Meade, appellant, sued Walter B. Meade for divorce and for custody of their only child, Jeffery Barnett Meade, a boy age four years. Trial to the court without a jury resulted in a judgment granting appellant a divorce and awarding appellee custody of Jeffery.

Appellant relying upon the rule that, other things being equal, a child of tender years should be in the custody of its mother, contends the trial...

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