Bute v. Holland

PRICE, Chief Justice.

This action was filed in the District Court of Jim Hogg County by W. H. Holland (appellee), as plaintiff, against James House Bute (appellant), as defendant. The trial was before the court and jury, submission on special issues, and the court, after setting aside the answer of the jury to Special Issue No. 15, entered judgment in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $760. From this judgment the defendant Bute has perfected this appeal.

Hereafter the parties will be referred to in accordance with their designation in the trial court.

The first amended original petition upon…