Bounds v. Caudle

560 S.W.2d 925 (1977)

L. D. BOUNDS, Petitioner,

v.

Kerry Tyrone CAUDLE et al., Respondents.

No. B-6792.

Supreme Court of Texas.

November 30, 1977.

Rehearing Denied January 25, 1978.

Mahoney, Shaffer, Hatch & Layton, Lee Mahoney, Corpus Christi, for petitioner.

Wood, Burney, Nesbitt & Ryan, James P. Ryan, Corpus Christi, for respondents.

BARROW, Justice.

This is an appeal from two separate judgments resulting from a consolidated jury trial of an appeal from a probate proceeding and a tort action. The suits resulted from the death by gunshot of Mrs. Robbie Bounds. The children of Mrs. Bounds, Kerry Tyrone…