Putegnat v. Putegnat

OPINION

KENNEDY, Justice.

Appellant, plaintiff below, appeals a summary judgment rendered in favor of the defendant below. The parties hereto were formerly husband and wife. They were divorced in Brazoria County, Texas, in 1976. The divorce decree awarded appellee 25% of the property which appellant “will receive through inheritance or otherwise from the Sarita Kenedy East Estate” as her separate property. No appeal was taken from the entry of the decree and a subsequent bill of review filed by appellant was dismissed for want of prosecution.

The action which resulted in the summary judgment…