Allen v. Allen

HAMBLEN, Chief Justice.

This is a suit filed by appellee, H. N. AL len, against appellant, Lilly B. Allen, for divorce, division of community property and for reimbursement for some. $6,500 expended by appellee in improving the separate property of appellant. Appellant answered by general denial; alleged that any money expended by appellee to improve her separate property was a gift; and by cross-action sought a divorce herself.

The first trial of this suit resulted in a judgment of divorce granted upon the cross-action of appellant. That judgment was reversed by the Court of Civil Appeals,…