Shamrock Fuel & Oil Sales Co. v. Tunks

NORVELL, Justice.

Shamrock Fuel & Oil Sales Co., Inc., Keith L. Ward and Johnny Hale, relators,1 seek an original writ of mandamus ordering Hon. Bert H. Tunks, Judge of the District Court of Harris County, 113th Judicial District of Texas, to render *781judgment upon an admittedly incomplete special issue jury verdict. Our authority to order a judge of a district court to render judgment upon a verdict is derived from Article 5, § 3 of the Texas Constitution, Vernon’s Ann.St. and Article 1734, Vernon’s Ann.Tex.Stats. The statutory enactment provides that this Court may “compel a judge of the…