Court Opinion

ID: 9830316
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 20:05:58.843337+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:43:18.920183
License: Public Domain

On Rehearing.
This is an appeal from the judgment of the District Court of Midland County sustaining the plea of privilege of the defendant, Mrs. Jett Cowden, and ordering the case as between Mr. and Mrs. Cowden transferred to Travis County. The case is pending here on Mrs. Cowden’s motion for a rehearing. This Court reversed the judgment of the trial court and rendered judgment overruling the defendant’s plea of privilege. On motion for rehearing, we certified certain questions to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court took jurisdiction and returned answers to same. Cowden v. Cowden, Tex.Sup., 186 S.W.2d 69.
The facts and questions certified are fully stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court and it would serve no useful purpose to again recount them. In conformity with that opinion, the motion for rehearing of Mrs. Cowden is granted and our former judgment reversing and rendering the judgment of the trial court is set aside.
The judgment of the trial court is here reformed so as to provide that jurisdiction be retained as to Mrs. Cowden to enter judgment on her disclaimer and try the issues as to eviction and detention of possession as to Midland County land. It may be that this modification is the proper construction of the order made but in the interest of clarity this action is taken. The judgment as modified is in all other things affirmed.