Chachere v. Drake

OPINION

SEERDEN, Chief Justice.

Appellant complains of a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (judgment N.O.V.) entered after a jury returned a verdict in his favor in a suit involving the sharing of a referral fee between lawyers. By seven points of error, appellant argues that the trial court erred in substituting its findings of facts for those of the jury and in granting judgment N.O.V. where the jury verdict was supported by the evidence and the alleged contract was not illegal.

The parties to this lawsuit are lawyers who, at all material times, shared offices and staff, but who were sole…