Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n v. Dixson

Defendant below appeals from an adverse judgment entered after a jury trial wherein plaintiff recovered workmen’s compensation benefits. Plaintiff below has filed a motion to dismiss the appeal and such motion is granted for the reasons now to be stated.

Judgment was entered on June 24, 1976, and defendant timely filed its original motion for new trial on July 2, 1976. Defendant’s amended motion for new trial was likewise filed in time, on July 22, 1976. On August 16, 1976, counsel for the parties filed an agreement extending the time for the hearing and determination of the amended motion for…