Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Preston

KEITH, Justice.

Pursuant to the mandate of the Supreme Court of the United States, we reconsider our prior judgment wherein the supporting opinion is reported in 487 S.W.2d 956. After the writ of error had been dismissed by the Supreme Court of Texas, Exxon appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States and that court noted probable jurisdiction. 414 U.S. 1038, 94 S.Ct. 538, 38 L.Ed.2d 328 (1973). Thereafter, plaintiff filed his motion in the District Court of Jefferson County, from which this case was appealed, seeking for the first time to “withdraw” his opposition to Exxon’s plea of…