Chasteen v. Miller

MURRAY, Chief Justice.

I dissent from the opinion of the majority. I do not agree that the deed from the former husband to appellee was not delivered until after the divorce between Ada M. Chasteen and Willard J. Chasteen had been granted and therefore valid, though not acknowledged by the wife in the manner prescribed by the provisions of Arts. 1299 and 1300, Vernon’s Ann.Civ. *777Stats., and the Texas Constitution, Art. XVI, § 50.

It is a fair deduction from the evidence given by appellee himself, that this deed was signed and acknowledged by Willard J. Chasteen alone in Wichita Falls, and placed…