British General Insurance v. Ripy

1 Citing case

  1. Coats v. Garrett

    283 S.W.2d 289 (Tex. Civ. App. 1955)   Cited 7 times

    We do not believe that under the rule as it exists now or under the statute as it existed before the rule a trial judge can take a case, or other matter, under advisement and keep it through the balance of that term, through the succeeding term, and then render judgment in the case or act on any other matter at the second term of court after the term at which the case or other matter was tried or heard and submitted to him, without extending the next term. In the case of British General Fire Insurance Co. v. Ripy, 130 Tex. 101, 106 S.W.2d 1047, 1048, opinion adopted by the Supreme Court, the court in striking down a judgment rendered under similar conditions as here, said: "The verdict was returned by the jury and received by the trial judge at the term of court at which the trial began (March).