Gibralter Colorado Life Co. v. Taylor

LOONEY, Justice.

At the outset, plaintiff moves the court to strike out defendant’s propositions Nos. 1 to 10, inclusive, on the ground that they are mere abstractions. This motion is overruled, as it has been several times held that, since the amendment (Acts 1931, c. 45, § 1) to article 1757, R.S. (Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 1757), propositions are not essential parts of a brief. Standard v. Texas Pacific, etc., Co. (Tex.Civ.App.) 47 S.W.(2d) 443; Robert, etc., Co. v. Bains (Tex.Civ.App.) 57 S.W.(2d) 872; Henderson v. Page (Tex.Civ.App.) 78 S.W.(2d) 293.

W. W. Taylor, beneficiary, sued the…