GREEN v. DOAKES

No. 17566.

593 S.W.2d 762 (1979)

Lionel E. GREEN, Appellant, v. Fairrillia DOAKES, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

December 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Proctor & Bussey, Mamie Moore Proctor, Houston, for appellant.

Matkin, Ledbetter & Johnson, Dale Ledbetter, Houston, for appellee.


DOYLE, Justice.

Fairrillia Doakes (appellee) filed suit against her former husband, Lionel E. Green (appellant) to partition and sell certain real property which the parties have held as tenants-in-common since their divorce in 1971. The appellant was duly served with citation and filed a pro se answer. In a trial before the court, at which the appellant failed to appear, the court appointed a receiver and ordered the land sold with the proceeds of the sale to be...

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