Klattenhoff v. Schriever

Mr. Judge Hickman,

of the Commission of Appeals, delivered the opinion for the Court.

In the trial court defendants in error sued plaintiffs in error for damages, and upon an instructed verdict judgment was rendered that they take nothing. That judgment was rendered and dated on March 19, 1937. On that date defendants in error in open court excepted to the judgment and gave notice of appeal to the Court of Civil Appeals at Amarillo. No motion for a new trial was filed. Defendants in error duly perfected their appeal by timely filing in the trial court their appeal bond, which was approved by…