First Security Bank & Trust Co. v. Dooley

FRED W. JONES, Jr., Judge.

The primary issue presented by this appeal involves the question of the ranking of attorney fee awards in a separation judgment with relation to a subsequently recorded judgment in favor of a community creditor.

The litigation began with a separation suit between the Dooleys. Subsequently, First Security Bank & Trust Company filed suit against Mrs. Dooley on two promissory notes executed by her. Mrs. Dooley third partied her husband, contending the notes sued upon were community obligations.

The separation suit and the suit by the bank were consolidated for trial. In…