Hendry v. Hendry

1 Citing case

  1. Wallace v. Briggs

    162 Tex. 485 (Tex. 1961)   Cited 61 times
    Holding that "there is no authority for the judge to summarily order [a judgment] paid or attempt to enforce that order by contempt proceedings"

    Even then there is no authority for the judge to summarily order them paid or attempt to enforce that order by contempt proceedings. In support of her contention that the judge has the authority to order the payment of these attorneys' fees by summary action and in advance of the trial, Mrs. Wallace cites Hendry v. Hendry, Tex.Civ.App., 238 S.W.2d 821, no writ history, as `probably the closest case in point'. This was a divorce suit in which a receiver had been appointed to take charge of the community property.