Continental Casualty Company v. Street

NORVELL, Justice.

While this cause was tried to a jury in the District Court, the suit was one which could have been tried in the County Court under Article 5, § 16 of the. Texas Constitution, Vernon’s Ann.St. Our jurisdiction rests upon paragraph 1 of Article 1728 and the provisions of Article 1821, Vernon’s Ann.Tex.Stats., as one of the justices of the Court of Civil Appeals filed a dissenting opinion.

The suit was based upon an indemnity insurance contract involving services rendered to John G. Street, Jr. and his family by Dr; Thomas J. Treadwell and Dr. Evan Moore. The jury failed to…