Eaton v. Eaton, 12155

Decision Date12 January 1950
Docket NumberNo. 12155,12155
Citation226 S.W.2d 644
PartiesEATON v. EATON.
CourtTexas Court of Appeals

L. R. Patton, of Galveston, for appellant.

Magee & Gernsbacher, of Galveston, for appellee.

MONTEITH, Chief Justice.

This action was brought by appellant, Roland B. Eaton, for a divorce from his wife, Myrtle Eaton, on the grounds of such cruel treatment by her as to render their living together as husband and wife insupportable.

In her answer, appellee denied appellant's allegations of cruel treatment, and filed a cross-action in which she sought a divorce from appellant alleging as grounds therefor that for a long period of time appellant had pursued a course of harsh and unkind treatment toward her.

In a trial before the court, judgment was rendered dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties. The court found in the judgment rendered that the material allegations of appellee's cross-action were true. In a partition of the community property, the court awarded a bedroom suite to appellee and an automobile to appellant, conditioned that he pay certain installments due thereon. No request for findings of fact and conclusions of law were made by the parties or filed by the trial court, and no statement of the facts adduced on the trial have been filed in this court.

Under his first and second points of appeal, appellant assigns error in the alleged action of the court in transferring the case from the 10th District Court of Galveston County to the 56th District Court of that county without an order of transfer and in the alleged action of the court in refusing the services of court reporter to appellant.

The transcript filed in this court discloses that judgment was rendered in this case on July 29, 1949, and that some two weeks later, on August 11, 1949, appellant filed a bill of exceptions to the action of the court in transferring the case to the 56th District Court. In his bill he is alleged to have requested the services of a court reporter.

In the absence of a statement of facts, there is no showing in the record that these matters were properly brought to the court's attention during the trial of the case at a time when the trial court could have corrected the alleged errors, and since neither points one or two were briefed by appellant, they will be considered by us as having been waived under Rule 418, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

Under his third point of appeal, appellant assigns error in the action of the trial...

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  • Lipshy v. Lipshy, 18596
    • United States
    • Texas Court of Appeals
    • June 12, 1975
    ...by making an unjust settlement between the parties. Allen v. Allen, 363 S.W.2d 312, 316 (Tex.Civ.App.--Houston 1962, no writ); Eaton v. Eaton, 226 S.W.2d 644, 645 (Tex.Civ.App.--Galveston 1950, no writ). The attorney's fee is but a factor to be considered by the court in making an equitable......
  • Greer's Marriage, In re
    • United States
    • Texas Court of Appeals
    • May 30, 1972
    ...property encompasses, by its very nature, those essential matters relating to fair and equitable settlement between the parties. Eaton v. Eaton, 226 S.W.2d 644 (Tex .Civ.App.--Galveston 1950, no writ); Allen v. Allen, 363 S.W.2d 312 (Tex.Civ.App.--Houston 1962, no writ); Guerra v. Guerra, 3......
  • McCart v. McCart
    • United States
    • Texas Court of Appeals
    • January 21, 1955
    ...unless it is shown that the court abused its discretion by making an unfair and unjust settlement between the parties. Eaton v. Eaton, Tex.Civ.App., 226 S.W.2d 644; Hammond v. Hammond, Tex.Civ.App., 197 S.W.2d 502; Hendrick v. Hendrick, Tex.Civ.App., 222 S.W.2d 281. We do not think the judg......
  • Kirkham v. Kirkham
    • United States
    • Texas Court of Appeals
    • April 20, 1960
    ...and right. As respects a partition of the community estate of the parties a wide discretion is vested in the trial court. Eaton v. Eaton, Tex.Civ.App., 226 S.W.2d 644; Earnest v. Earnest, Tex.Civ.App., 223 S.W.2d 681; Barry v. Barry, Tex.Civ.App., 162 S.W.2d In regard to that part of the ju......
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