LeBlanc v. LeBlanc

This is an appeal from a judgment of divorce. The court of appeals has reversed the property division and remanded the cause for a new division. 761 S.W.2d 450. Among other things, husband has argued the application of Craddock v. Sunshine Bus Lines, 134 Tex. 388, 133 S.W.2d 124 (1939), to the judgment of the trial court. Craddock sets forth the traditional elements of proof required to obtain a new trial following a default judgment. Id. 133 S.W.2d at 126.

The court of appeals concluded that Craddock had no application to the present case because it was tried on the merits, rather than…