Van Zandt v. Van Zandt

BELL, Chief Justice.

In this case the trial court awarded a divorce to appellant and made a division of the property claimed by the parties. The only question on appeal is whether there was error in the jury verdict when the jury failed to find that certain property came to appellant in settlement of her deceased’s mother’s estate.

Appellant contended in the trial court by proper pleadings, and contends here, that her father, R. H. Fonville, in 1937, gave her $2500.00 with which she purchased five acres of land on Sage Road in Harris County. It is her position that this $2500.00 was given her…