Legal Opinion

Seymour v. Gillespie

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided June 28, 1979No. 8207PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

DIES, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs below, Jim Seymour and James Vo well, while conducting research for a project they were doing on the Big Ticket, proceeded onto the sawmill premises of R. L. Gillespie, defendant below. Plaintiffs had no prior arrangement or permission to enter defendant’s property. While there, an affray took place between the parties, which resulted in a lawsuit wherein plaintiffs contended defendant committed an assault and battery against them resulting in personal injuries.

Trial was to a jury, which found for the defendant, and from which plaintiffs have brought this review.

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Edwards v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  2. Matter of BatesTexas Supreme Court · 1977
  3. Schwartz v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1951
  4. Drake v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972
  5. Cummings v. Jess Edwards, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1969

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Seymour v. GillespieTexas Supreme Court · 1980

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