Gardner v. Gardner

DICKENSON, Justice.

This is a venue appeal in a suit filed by the ex-wife, Evy Gene Gardner, for a money judgment against her ex-husband, Marvin Lee Gardner, based upon their Separation Agreement. In the alternative she sought to hold him in contempt for failure to comply with the Decree of Divorce which approved that agreement and ordered both parties to carry it out. Following a nonjury hearing, the ex-husband’s plea of privilege was overruled. He appeals. We affirm.

The parties were divorced on July 1,1974, by a decree which provided in pertinent part:

It is therefore ordered that the…