H.E. Butt Grocery Co. v. Pais

OPINION

SHIRLEY W. BUTTS, Justice

(Retired).

H.E. Butt Grocery Company (H.E.B.) appeals from a judgment in favor of Armando and Rose Marie Pais (Pais), plaintiffs below, contending that the trial court erred in vacating the judgment in its favor based on the jury’s verdict and rendering a “reformed” judgment in favor of Pais.

H.E.B. advances five points of error: that the trial court erred in vacating the judgment and rendering judgment for Pais because H.E.B. is entitled to a take nothing judgment; that the reformed judgment is error because, as a matter of law, the trial court had no authority…