Willrodt v. Union City Transfer

RENFRO, Justice.

Suit was brought in the District Court of, Colorado County, Texas, by the surviving wife and children of A. W. Willrodt against Cecil E. and E. H. Vallee, individually and doing business as a partnership in the name of Union City Transfer, for damages for the death of the said Willrodt resulting from a collision which occurred on July 31, 1951. Based upon a jury verdict, judgment was entered that the plaintiffs take nothing.

The appeal is before us on one point of error, namely, the trial court erred in overruling appellants’ motion for a new trial based on material misconduct…