Legal Opinion

In the Matter of Marriage of Johnson

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided February 29, 1980No. 9082PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COUNTISS, Justice.

This appeal from a judgment granting a divorce, restoring the wife’s former name and finding that the parties were domiciled in Texas during the entire nine years of their marriage presents a threshold question concerning the jurisdiction of this court. Because the judgment does not dispose of all of the issues in the case, it is interlocutory. We must, therefore, dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

Maxine Johnson, appellee, and Arnold Johnson, appellant, were married in Canadian, Texas in 1970. Thereafter, due to Arnold’s severe emphysema, the Johnsons were forced…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Pan American Petroleum Corporation v. Texas Pacific Coal & Oil CompanyTexas Supreme Court · 1959
  2. Pierce v. ReynoldsTexas Supreme Court · 1959
  3. Ex Parte Winfield ScottTexas Supreme Court · 1939
  4. Hall v. City of AustinTexas Supreme Court · 1970
  5. Kansas University Endowment Ass'n v. KingTexas Supreme Court · 1961

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Dawson-Austin v. AustinTexas Supreme Court · 1998
  2. Thornton v. GambleNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1984
  3. In Re GrahamTexas Supreme Court · 1998
  4. City of Lubbock v. BowndsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1981
  5. McClennahan v. First Gibraltar Bank, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1990

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