Campbell v. Campbell, 17873

• Decision Date: 23 June 1977
• Docket Number: No. 17873,17873
• Citation: 554 S.W.2d 10
• Parties: Lilla CAMPBELL, Appellant, v. Recil Aubry CAMPBELL, Appellee.
• Court: Texas Court of Appeals

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554 S.W.2d 10

Lilla CAMPBELL, Appellant, v. Recil Aubry CAMPBELL, Appellee.

No. 17873.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

June 23, 1977.

Charles E. Tobin, Inc., and William E. Norman, Dallas, for appellant.

Kelsey & Wood, and R. William Wood, Denton, for appellee.

OPINION

SPURLOCK, Justice.

Appellant appeals from a divorce decree. Her only point of error is that the trial court abused its discretion by making an unjust and unfair division of the estate of the parties.

We affirm.

Although appellant states that the evidence is insufficient to support the court's award, she has not attacked any of the trial court's findings. Accordingly, we are bound by those findings. Arsola v. Arsola, 97 S.W.2d 241 (Tex.Civ.App. San Antonio 1936, no writ). The trial court found the estate of the parties as follows:

                   SEPARATE PROPERTY OF LILLA
                   CAMPBELL (APPELLANT)                   VALUE
                1.  Colleyville National Bank account   $2,139.50
                2. 3 acres of land near Grapevine      undetermined
                3.  All personal property possessed
                   by her prior to the marriage
                   including clothes dryer and
                   Dearborne heater                    undetermined
                   SEPARATE PROPERTY OF RECIL
                   AUBRY CAMPBELL (APPELLEE)               VALUE
                1. 1970 Ford pickup truck               $ 650.00
                   (subject to community interest
                   of $432.00)
                2.  Parties' savings account at
                   Lewisville State Bank                $1,800.00
                3.  All personal property possessed by
                   him prior to marriage                undetermined
                   COMMUNITY PROPERTY OF
                   PARTIES                                     VALUE
                1.  Savings account at Lewisville
                   State Bank                           $1,284.00
                2.  Equity in house and lot, Box
                   933 AA-2, Denton, Texas              $2,000.00
                   (subject to $1,000.00 right of
                   reimbursement in favor of
                   Recil Aubry Campbell)
                3.  Lincoln automobile (no debt)         $2,500.00
                4.  RCA color TV, chain saw, washing
                   machine, lawn mower, reclining
                   chair                                undetermined
                5.  Checking account in the name of
                   Lilla Campbell                          207.00
                6.  Interest in Ford pickup truck        $  432.00
                   (interest in Recil Aubry Campbell's
                   pickup which was valued at $650.00)
                

                   The court made the following division of the above estate
                   PROPERTY AWARDED TO LILLA
                   CAMPBELL (APPELLANT)                       VALUE
                1.  Colleyville National Bank account   $2,139.50
                2. 3 acres of land near Grapevine      undetermined
                3.  Savings & checking accounts at
                   Dallas County State Bank
                   in name of Lilla Campbell
                   & daughter, Mary Bench              undetermined
                4.  Personal checking account at
                   Lewisville State Bank               $  207.00
                5. 1971 Lincoln automobile             $2,500.00
                6.  All personal property possessed
                   by her prior to the marriage
                   except clothes dryer and
                   Dearborne heater                    undetermined
                   PROPERTY AWARDED TO RECIL
                   AUBRY CAMPBELL (APPELLEE)                    VALUE
                1.  Equity in house & lot, Box
                   933 AA-2, Denton, Texas               $2,000.00
                2.  All his personal property possessed
                   prior to the marriage                 undetermined
                3.  RCA color TV, chain saw, tools &amp
                   tool chest, washing machine
                   lawn mower and reclining
                   chair                                 undetermined
                4.  His personal checking account at
                   Lake Cities State Bank                undetermined
                5. 1970 Ford pickup truck                $  650.00
                6.  Clothes dryer and Dearborne
                   heater                                undetermined
                

The court further directed that the balance of the parties' savings account at Lewisville State Bank (approximately $3,100.00) be applied to any of appellee's past medical bills not covered by insurance; that appellee receive the next $1,000.00 from the account; and that the remaining funds be equally divided between the parties. The court also concluded that appellee had received less than an equal share of the community estate, including the $1,284.00 community interest which the court found in the savings account.

Under the provisions of Tex.Family Code Ann. § 3.63 (1975), the trial court must divide ". . . the estate of the parties in a manner that the court...