Davis v. Davis

OPINION

SPURLOCK, Justice.

This is an appeal by writ of error from a divorce - judgment in Tarrant County, Texas, dissolving the marriage of Diane Davis, plaintiff, and Jimmy Davis, defendant, awarding custody of the couple’s three minor children to plaintiff and child support to be paid by defendant within 60 days after his release from the Federal Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas.

Defendant contends that this case should be reversed because he was not present, did not participate in the trial, did not receive a notice of the petition of the divorce, and was not aware of the action until it…