Roberts v. Roberts

This cause is here on certified questions from the Court of Civil Appeals at Dallas, hence the parties will be designated as they were in that court.

R. E. Roberts, appellant, sued his wife, Minnie Roberts, appellee, for a divorce on the ground of cruel treatment and for partition of their community property. She answered, denying appellant’s charges and alleging that it was necessary for her to employ attorneys to protect her legal rights. She alleged that she had employed the attorneys signing her answer; that on numerous occasions they had advised her as to the suit and as to her legal…