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CARRELL v. HOPE COTTAGE-CHILDREN'S BUREAU INC.

No. 4215.

425 S.W.2d 898 (1968)

Lisby Jann CARRELL, Appellant, v. HOPE COTTAGE-CHILDREN'S BUREAU, INC., Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied March 29, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Melody, Harold J. Fleming, Dallas, for appellant.

Muse, Currie & Kohen, R. Douglas Coffin, Dallas, for appellee.

GRISSOM, Chief Justice.

Lisby Jann Carrell had, in a divorce suit, been awarded custody of her child, Karl Dixon Cotton. Thereafter, she and the child's father duly executed instruments in writing placing the child with Hope Cottage-Children's Bureau, Inc., a licensed child placing agency, for adoption. Five days thereafter Mrs. Carrell instituted this habeas corpus proceeding to regain possession of her son. She alleged that her consent was obtained by coercion,...

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