Walker v. Haley
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Eighth District, in an appeal from Brewster County. Haley sued Walker and another for recovery of land. The trial court directed a verdict for plaintiff. Defendants appealed and on affirmance (181 S. W., 559) obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Phillips
The suit was an action by Haley against Walker and Bird in trespass to try title for certain land. The trial court directed a verdict for the plaintiff.
The honorable Court of Civil Appeals refused to consider the appellant’s assignments touching the peremptory instruction for the reason that on the trial they presented no objection to it before it was read to the jury,—being of the view that the Act of 1913 (Chapter 59), providing that objections to “the charge” of the court shall be made before it is read to the jury, and, otherwise, shall be considered as waived, applies to a peremptory…
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