Rankin v. Belvin

CURTISS BROWN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered pursuant to a motion under Articles 3825 and 3826, Vernon’s Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat. Ann. (1966).

Appellee Patricia Colleen Thomas Belvin secured a divorce from her husband, Stanley Rube Belvin, on March 27, 1973. Paragraph seven of the divorce decree provided, “Plaintiff is hereby awarded Eight Hundred Fifty Dollars ($850.00) as attorney’s fees on behalf of herself and her attorney of record Dan Hennigan, for which let execution issue if not timely paid.” This amount was not paid, and appellee and her attorney sought to have Constable…