Louwien v. Dowell

GUITTARD, Justice.

Relator has moved for leave to file a petition for writ of mandamus ordering Hon. Greer Dowell, Judge of Domestic Relations Court No. 2 of Dallas County, Texas, to sign and enter a written judgment embodying the terms of an oral judgment pronounced from the bench, and further ordering him to set aside a subsequent order granting a new trial. The motion is overruled.

Relator avers that Judge Dowell orally rendered a judgment from the bench on. September 19,1975, dissolving the marriage of relator and Wilfred Henry Louwien and approving an agreed property settlement. The record…