Laird v. State

I do not purpose to discuss the question of reinstatement, but wish to say that I agree with the conclusion reached by Judge Harper that the dismissal was error. I deem it unnecessary to give my own views in regard to the reasons. His conclusion is correct.

I am persuaded that this judgment ought to have been reversed. Making a brief statement, the record discloses that appellant came to Texas from New York, leaving there on the 11th day of December. On the 11th of the following September he filed his petition for divorce in one of the District Courts of Dallas County, being in Texas only nine…