Haygood v. Haygood
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Shelby. Tried below before the Hon. A. W. 0. Hicks. This suit was brought by the appellant, who assigns as error the rendition of judgment for the defendant, notwithstanding the verdict in her favor. The other facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtRoberts, J.
This was a suit for a divorce. A verdict was rendered for the plaintiff below. Notwithstanding the verdict, the court rendered a judgment in favor of the defendant, which is assigned as error. This action of the court is warranted by the duty imposed on the court by our Statute of Divorce, which authorizes the decree to be “rendered upon full and satisfactory evidence,” &c. This, it has been held, requires the evidence to be satisfactory to the judge, as well as to the jury. It must be presumed, from the judgment rendered, that it was not satisfactory to the judge.- If the plaintiff had…
2Cited by6 opinions
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- Harrell v. HarrellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1924
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