Wright v. Wright
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Victoria. At the. last term of this court a decree for divorce in this case and a division of property was affirmed.
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Appeal from Victoria. At the. last term of this court a decree for divorce in this case and a division of property was affirmed. By that decree* all of fch* .property, botli real and personal, ehoses in possession and ehoses in action, and all property whatever which was possessed or owned by the said defendant at tile institution of this suit., be equally divided; and that, one equal half of said property be recovered of the defendant by the plaintiff'.” It was further decreed that commissioners should be appointed to divide said property into two equal parts, according to t.iie value…
1Opinion of the Court
Hemphill, Oil. J.
It would bo both tedious and unprofitable, to explore all the grounds assigned for error. The merits of the controversy lie in a narrow compass. The principal question in the case is as to the extent of the authority of the commissioners in the partition. They were, in couformily with the decree, authorized apd required by their commission to divide all of the property, real and personal, choses in possession and dioses in action, and all property whatever possessed or owned by the defendant at the institution of the suit on the 22d September, 1849. This was the extent of…
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