Gray v. Port Arthur City Lines, Inc.

Appellant brought this suit in the 60th district court of Jefferson County, Texas, for himself, and in behalf of his wife, Ola Gray, against appellee, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by his wife, by and through the negligence of appellee, resulting in a judgment denying appellant any recovery. From that judgment he brings this appeal.

At the outset we are faced with a motion duly filed to dismiss the appeal. The appeal was attempted by affidavit in lieu of an appeal bond. The term of the court at which the case was tried could, and in fact did, continue more than eight weeks.…