Legal Opinion

Jindra v. Jindra

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided February 24, 1954No. 12657PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POPE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment only insofar as the trial court allowed attorney’s fees to a wife. Dorothy M. Jindra sought and obtained a judgment which declared void a Mexico-divorce that her husband had obtained under circumstances amounting to a fraud upon her. The judgment also enjoined her husband, Roy Irvin Jindra, from living with another woman as his wife. Appel-lee, Dorothy M. Jindra, pleaded that she contracted to pay her attorney a fee in the sum of $500 and asked judgment against her husband in that amount. She then made a motion for summary judgment,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Dewey v. ClarkCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
  2. Rolfe v. SwearingenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1951
  3. Albert Dickinson Co. v. Mellos Peanut Co. Of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1950
  4. Jacks v. TeagueCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1940
  5. Roberts v. RobertsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1945

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Freeberg v. Securities Investment Co. of St. LouisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1960
  2. National Bankers Life Insurance Company v. AdlerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1959
  3. Simpson v. City of AbileneCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1965
  4. McCauley v. SimmerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1960
  5. Swenson v. SwensonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1971

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