Roberts v. Roberts

YOUNG, Justice.

Appellant’s suit for divorce and division of property was contested by defendant Minnie Roberts, setting up certain defenses, alleging that she had been compelled to hire an attorney, praying that divorce be denied, and for allowance of a reasonable fee to her attorneys as costs of court. Upon trial, the jury answered “No” to issue 1, reading: “Do you find from a preponderance of the evidence that Plaintiff, R. E. Roberts, has been an actual bona fide inhabitant of the State of Texas for one year next preceding March 3rd, 1944?”; and fixed $900 as a reasonable fee to attorneys…