Texas Supreme Court

John Fleetwood Ogletree, Petitioner v. Margie Bolding Crates, Respondents

January 9, 1963363 S.W.2d 431

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court reversed the trial and appellate courts, holding that the 1957 Alabama custody judgment remains enforceable and that the petitioners' claims of changed conditions and duress/fraud are barred by res judicata, thereby awarding custody to John Fleetwood Ogletree and Margie Crates pursuant to the Alabama decree.