McDonald v. Mercantile Nat. Bank at Dallas

BOND, Chief Justice.

The sole question in this appeal is one of law, whether an order in a divorce suit, directing the father of a minor child to make periodical payments for the benefit of such child is a debt, enforceable by the divorced wife by writ of garnishment. We think the question is definitely settled by our Supreme Court, in Ex parte Davis, 101 Tex. 607, 111 S.W. 394, 17 L.R.A.,N.S., 1140; Cunningham v. Cunningham et al., 120 Tex. 491, 40 S.W.2d 46, 75 A.L.R. 1305; O’Neil v. O’Neil, Tex.Civ.App., 77 S.W.2d 554; Russell v. Russell, Tex.Civ.App., 79 S.W.2d 639; Ex parte Birkhead, 127…