Carter v. Texarkana Bus Company

PER CURIAM ON APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF ERROR.

In this case the Court of Civil Appeals has reversed the judgment of the trial court and remanded the cause for retrial on the sole ground that the verdict in the amount of $10,000.00 awarded to the plaintiff in the trial court is excessive and contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence. 292 S.W. 2d 869.

Rule 440, T.R.C.P., formerly Article 1862, R.C.S. of 1925, provides:

“In civil cases appealed to a Court of Civil Appeals, if such court is of the opinion that the verdict and judgment of the trial court is excessive and that said cause…