Legal Opinion

Hunter v. Nichols

Texas Commission of Appeals

Decided February 23, 1881No. 1493, Op. Book No. 2, p. 291Published

Error from ' Limestone County.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Quinan, J.

§ 1054. Writ of error; service of citation; husband and wife. Where husband and wife are parties to a judgment which the opposite party desires to remove to the appellate court for revision by writ of error, the husband is a necessary party defendant, although the matter involved is the separate property of the wife, and he must be served with citation in error. The appellate court acquires no jurisdiction in such case, where the husband has not been served with citation, and the cause will not be continued in the appel ate court for the service of such citation, but the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Cannon v. HemphillTexas Supreme Court · 1851
  2. McIntire v. ChappellTexas Supreme Court · 1847
  3. Crunk v. CrunkTexas Supreme Court · 1859
  4. Chambers v. ShawTexas Supreme Court · 1856

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