Court Opinion

ID: 9646665
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 13:06:23.076476+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:11:40.440349
License: Public Domain

On Motion for Rehearing of Appellant Kate Gray
HUGHES, Justice.
We did not expressly dispose of Mrs. Gray’s assignment that the trial court erred in adjudicating the costs against her. We fail to find error.
The general rule is that the successful party shall recover costs. Rule 131, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. The burden was on Mrs. Gray in order to succeed in her suit to establish marriage as well as grounds for divorce. We do not believe that because the marriage issue developed more evidence than the divorce issue the rul„e as to assessment of costs should be varied.
Our opinion does not specifically adjudicate costs of appeal. This is necessary because there were two appeals but only one record.
After considering the portions of the record applicable to each appeal we assess one fourth of such costs against Mrs. Kate Gray and three fourths of such costs against G. W. Gray.
The motion for rehearing is overruled and the costs of appeal adjudicated as indicated.