Anheuser-Busch, Inc. v. Smith

COLEMAN, Chief Justice.

This is an original action for mandamus in which relator seeks to have the District Court set aside an order granting a mistrial in a suit for damages tried to a jury, and to require the court to enter a judgment on the incomplete verdict returned by the jury. The writ of mandamus is granted.

During the course of their deliberations the jury in Cause No. 906,232, entitled James Slusser v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc., et al., made known to the court that it had answered all issues submitted with the exception of the issue on damages, and that it was hopelessly deadlocked on that…