Legal Opinion
Iley v. Hughes
Texas Supreme Court
Decided March 19, 1958No. A-6662PublishedCited by 192 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Calvert
The question at issue in this original proceeding in this Court is this: Does Rule 174(b), Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, authorize a separate trial of the damage issues and the liability issues in a suit for damages for personal injuries? We hold it does not.
A brief summary of the events leading up to the filing of this proceeding is in order.
Guy 0. Hancock sued J. M. Iley for compensatory and exemplary damages for injuries alleged to have resulted from an assault committed by the defendant on the plaintiff by shooting him with a .22-calibre rifle. Iley’s principal defense was that Hancock…
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