Legal Opinion

Eastman v. Eastman

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 10, 1889No. 2861PublishedCited by 35 opinions

Appeal from Hunt. Tried below before Hon. E. W. Terhune. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

GAINES, Associate Justice.

This was a suit for divorce, brought by the appellant against her husband. The alleged ground of the action was cruel treatment. There is no statement of facts in the record, but the "trial judge has filed his conclusions of fact and law, and the assignments of error, in effect, claim that the court erred in determining that upon the facts found the plaintiff was not entitled to a decree of divorce.

We are of opinion that the learned judge has applied too rigid a construction of the statute to the facts of the case. It has been sometimes held, and more frequently…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Jones v. JonesTexas Supreme Court · 1883
  2. Sheffield v. SheffieldTexas Supreme Court · 1848
  3. Wright v. WrightTexas Supreme Court · 1851
  4. Bahn v. BahnTexas Supreme Court · 1884
  5. Municipality Number Two v. WhiteSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1854

3Cited by35 opinions

  1. McCullough v. McCulloughTexas Supreme Court · 1931
  2. Levy v. RoperTexas Supreme Court · 1923
  3. Greenlaw v. DilworthTexas Commission of Appeals · 1927
  4. McNabb v. McNabbCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1918
  5. Glenn v. GlennCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1944

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