Harris v. Harris

GRAVES, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment of the 10th District Court of Galveston County, sitting without a jury, divorcing two middle-aged negroes, who had one five-year-old child and some community property, only, on the petition of the appellee-wife therefor, the cross-action of the appellant-husband for a divorce instead for himself having been denied.

The court further awarded the custody of the child to the appellee, and, pursuant to R.S. Article 4638, Vernon’s Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, divided such property between the parties as it deemed just and right, awarding the…