Legal Opinion

Mann v. Mann

Texas Supreme Court

Decided October 29, 1980No. B-9078PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEAKLEY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in a divorce case. Our appellate jurisdiction is invoked by the dissenting opinion in the Court of Civil Appeals. Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat. art. 1728(1) (1962); see Bishop v. Bishop, 359 S.W.2d 869 (Tex.1962). Subdivision 1 of Article 1728 extends our appellate jurisdiction to questions of law arising in a divorce case where the judges of the Court of Civil Appeals may disagree upon a question of law material to the decision. Here, the majority in the Court of Civil Appeals ruled that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in making a division…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Hedtke v. HedtkeTexas Supreme Court · 1923
  2. Texas Bank and Trust Co. v. MooreTexas Supreme Court · 1980
  3. Bishop v. BishopTexas Supreme Court · 1962
  4. Bell v. BellTexas Supreme Court · 1974
  5. McKnight v. McKnightTexas Supreme Court · 1976

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Brown v. ToddTexas Supreme Court · 2001
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  3. Lynch v. LynchCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017
  4. TransAmerican Natural Gas Corp. v. Mancias, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1994
  5. Howe v. HoweCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2018

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