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Richter v. Plains Nat. Bank of Lubbock

Supreme Court of Texas
Oct 4, 1972
487 S.W.2d 704 (Tex. 1972)

Summary

clarifying that our refusal of the writ of error should not be "understood as approving the holding of the court of civil appeals ... that rendering judgment upon a jury verdict which contains conflicting answers constitutes fundamental error"

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Opinion

No. B-3415.

October 4, 1972.

Appeal from the 137 District Court, Lubbock County, Robert C. Wright, J.

Short Helton, R. M. Helton, Wichita Falls, for petitioners.

Nelson, McCleskey, Harriger Brazill, Harold O. Harriger, Crenshaw, Dupree Milam, J. Orville Smith, Lubbock, for respondent.


In refusing the application for writ of error, no reversible error, we do not wish to be understood as approving the holding of the court of civil appeals, 479 S.W.2d 95, that rendering judgment upon a jury verdict which contains conflicting answers constitutes fundamental error.


Summaries of

Richter v. Plains Nat. Bank of Lubbock

Supreme Court of Texas
Oct 4, 1972
487 S.W.2d 704 (Tex. 1972)

clarifying that our refusal of the writ of error should not be "understood as approving the holding of the court of civil appeals ... that rendering judgment upon a jury verdict which contains conflicting answers constitutes fundamental error"

Summary of this case from USAA Tex. Lloyds Co. v. Menchaca
Case details for

Richter v. Plains Nat. Bank of Lubbock

Case Details

Full title:Larry Don RICHTER et ux., Petitioners, v. The PLAINS NATIONAL BANK OF…

Court:Supreme Court of Texas

Date published: Oct 4, 1972

Citations

487 S.W.2d 704 (Tex. 1972)

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