Case Name: OLIVER v. OLIVER
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1922-12-06
Citations: 245 S.W. 1038
Docket Number: No. 6501
Parties: OLIVER v. OLIVER.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 245
Pages: 1038–1038

Head Matter:
OLIVER v. OLIVER.
(No. 6501.)
(Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Austin.
Dec. 6, 1922.)
Divorce <&wkey;>62(2) — Failure to reside six months in county ground for dismissal of suit.
Where plaintiff at time of suing for divorce had not been a resident of the county of suit for six months prior thereto, she was not entitled to maintain her suit in that county.
<g=^Por other oases see same topic and KEY-NUMBER in all Key-Numbered Digests and Indexes
Appeal from District Court, Bell County; M. B. Blair, Judge.
Action by Eva C. Oliver against James R. Oliver. Erom judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
Reversed and remanded.
DeWitt Bowmer, of Temple, and Few Brewster, of Belton, for appellant.

Opinion:
JENKINS, J.
This suit was filed by ap-pellee against appellant for a divorce. The case was tried before 'the court without a jury, and judgment rendered in favor of ap-pellee.
The evidence as appearing in the record shows clearly that appellee,, at the time of bringing this suit, had not been a resident of Bell county for six months prior thereto; for which reason' she was not entitled to maintain her suit in the district court of that county.
For the reason stated, the judgment of the court herein is reversed and remanded, with instructions to the trial court to dismiss this cause without prejudice.
Reversed, with instructions.