Wright v. Longhorn Drilling Corp.

HUGHES, Justice.

This appeal involves the validity of a nunc pro tunc judgment entered under the following circumstances: Appellant, Jess Wright, filed suit against the Longhorn Drilling Corporation and Henderson Co-quat, appellees, to recover damages sustained by him in an automobile collision caused by the alleged negligence of appel-lees. The case was tried before a jury on March 14, 1946; the jury returned its verdict on special issues, finding that appellees were not guilty of any negligence proximately causing the collision and the injuries. The term of court at which the case was tried…