Woodrum v. Long

O’QUINN, Justice.

Walter Woodrum and others, who are appellants, brought this suit in April of 1973 seeking to recover $31,000 from Joe R. Long and others on an oral contract alleged to have been made in connection with partial settlement of another lawsuit tried in May of 1972.1

In the trial of this case, in June of 1974, a jury returned a verdict favorable to Long in *282part and in part favorable to appellants. Following various motions, for judgment in disregard of jury findings and later to set aside an early judgment entered in the case, the trial court by judgment entered in November of 1974…