Stone Resources, Inc. v. Barnett

OPINION

JACK SMITH, Justice.

This is a suit to recover damages received as a result of an alleged trespass. The appellant, after being served with citation, filed an answer, but failed to appear at trial. After hearing evidence on the appel-lees’ claim, the trial court rendered judgment for them in the sum of $20,000. The appellant’s motion for new trial was overruled by operation of law when the trial court failed to rule on it.

By its first point of error, the appellant asserts that the trial court erred in relying on hearsay testimony as the basis for its judgment. By its other three points…