HARRIS v. HARRIS

No. 05-83-00768-CV.

679 S.W.2d 75 (1984)

Ronald David HARRIS, Appellant, v. Pamela Lee HARRIS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied October 25, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Newth, Dallas, for appellant.

James B. Martin, Dallas, for appellee.

Before AKIN, STEPHENS and SPARLING, JJ.


STEPHENS, Justice.

The dispositive issue on appeal is the right to a jury trial in an action brought in district court to enforce property rights awarded in a divorce judgment rendered several years earlier. We hold that appellant has a right to a jury trial, and accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand the cause for a new trial.

The parties were divorced in 1975. The judgment named the parties as cotenants of the community homestead...

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