Reed v. Williams

BARROW, Chief Justice.

This is an original proceeding wherein relator seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the Honorable Eugene C. Williams, acting Judge of the 81st Judicial District Court of Atascosa County, to enter a final judgment in a suit for divorce styled: In the Matter of the Marriage of Stetson G. Reed and Gloria Joan Reed, and being Cause No. 6767 in said court. The question presented is whether the trial court was authorized to sever the property division from the divorce action. We hold that the court was not so authorized and grant the relief prayed for by relator.

On April 11,…