WEBB v. WEBB

No. 14600.

393 S.W.2d 408 (1965)

Edward Donalson WEBB, Appellant, v. Elwyn Melba WEBB, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston.

Rehearing Denied September 9, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ted Musick, Houston, for appellant.

Thompson, Hippard, Gibson, Korioth & Tita, David A. Gibson, Houston, for appellee.


COLEMAN, Justice.

This is a suit for divorce brought by the husband. The trial court denied the divorce and awarded $750.00 attorney's fees to the wife and her lawyers.

This appeal is based on the point that the trial court erred in awarding attorney's fees "in that there was no showing of good faith and probable cause or necessity" and in that the awarding of attorney's fees amounted to a division of the community property after a denial of the divorce.<...

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