Texas Supreme Court July 1, 1874 (Gorman v. State)

Moore, J.

If the minor children of the wife are recognized and treated as members of the family of their step-father, and are supported and maintained by him, there can be no doubt that- he stands to them in loco parentis, and may exercise the control and authority of a parent over them. On the other hand, we think it equally clear that the mother may interfere, by.