Alexander Co. v. First Nat. Bank of Lagrange

On Defendant in Error’s Motion for Rehearing.

Defendant in Error earnestly insists, among other things, that filing of motions by each party, at the close of the evidence, for an instructed verdict in its behalf was tantamount to a demurrer to the evidence, amounted to a waiver óf a jury trial, and that under such circumstances, if there be competent evidence to support the trial court’s judgment, it is our duty to sustain it. This contention was fully discussed and effectively and specifically disposed of by this court in Citizens’ National Bank v. Texas Compress Co., 294 S.W. 331, writ…