Roye v. Roye

DUNAGAN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Domestic Relations of Smith County, Texas. The appellant (plaintiff below) on April 7, 1965, instituted suit for divorce from appellee (defendant and cross-plaintiff below) and for a division of their community property. Thereafter, in addition to an answer to appellant’s petition, appellee filed her cross-action seeking divorce from the appellant and also a division of the property of the parties, asking the court in so doing to give consideration to the fact that the plaintiff (72 years of age) is a healthy,…