Court Opinion

ID: 9769639
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 14:56:52.732041+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:31:05.980288
License: Public Domain

On Motion for Rehearing
After reexamining the evidence on the issue of whether Willie Morris permanently separated from her husband prior to the execution of the deed in question, we have concluded that the testimony concerning the declarations against interests made by *391Willie Morris are sufficient, considered alone, to raise an issue for the jury.
The issue submitted should have been so wofded as to establish the existence or nonexistence of the homestead right at the time the alleged deed from Ed Morris to appellee was executed. This was the ultimate defensive issue. This defect was brought to the attention of the court in the objections to the court’s charge made by appellant. Therefore findings of fact cannot be implied to support the judgment. Rule 279, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. Since the issue submitted will not support the judgment entered without a finding of fact establishing that the homestead right was abandoned at the time of the execution of the deed, the trial court should have entered judgment for appellants. This Court has properly entered such a judgment.
The motion for rehearing is overruled.