Johnston v. Chapman

279 S.W.2d 597 (1955)

Mildred Mae JOHNSTON et vir, Relators,

v.

Alton B. CHAPMAN et al., Respondents.

No. 6497.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

May 9, 1955.

Rehearing Denied June 13, 1955.

A. W. Salyars, Edwin H. Boedeker, Lubbock, for relators.

Ratliff, Conner & Walker, Spur, for respondents.

NORTHCUTT, Justice.

This opinion, concurred in by two members of this Court, becomes the majority opinion of the Court. This matter is before the Court upon petition for a writ of mandamus to require the trial judge to reinstate the jury verdict in the original hearing and to render judgment for…