Fritch v. J. M. English Truck Line, Inc.

The only question in this case decided by the Court of Civil Appeals and argued in this Court is this: Did the trial court abuse its discretion in overruling defendant’s motion for continuance? The Court of Civil Appeals has held that it did and on that ground alone has reversed the trial court’s judgment for plaintiff, which judgment was based upon a jury’s answers to special issues, and has remanded the cause for retrial. 243 S.W. 2d 464.

The application for writ of error by a single point of error challenges the correctness of the ruling of the Court of Civil Appeals. Defendant has not…