Smith v. Sun-Belt Aviation, Ltd.

The majority decision disregards established Texas law and creates a troublesome precedent. The ground of reversal is one that the appellant did not urge in his brief, and for good reason. There is nothing in the record to support it. What the majority relies upon is a routine letter from the appellant, dated April 27,1981, to the court reporter requesting a statement of facts. At the bottom of the same letter appears a notation from the court reporter, dated April 29,1981, reciting that no statement of facts exists in the case because none was requested or made. That is all. The order which…