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Southern Pac. Co. v. Walters

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso
Jun 19, 1913
157 S.W. 753 (Tex. Civ. App. 1913)

Opinion

May 1, 1913. On Rehearing, June 19. 1913.

Appeal from District Court, El Paso County; Dan M. Jackson, Judge.

Action by Mary Walters, temporary administratrix of F. G. Walters, deceased, against the Southern Pacific Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed.

Beall Kemp, of El Paso, William F. Herrin, of San Francisco, Cal., and Baker, Botts, Parker Garwood, of Houston, for appellant. Patterson, Wallace Gardner, of El Paso, and H. M. Wurzbach, of Seguin, for appellee.


This is a suit brought by Mary Walters, temporary administratrix of the estate of F. G. Walters, deceased, to recover damages for the death of said Walters. Case was tried before jury and resulted in a verdict against defendant for the sum of $5,000.

The assignments of error in appellant's brief will not be considered by us because not in compliance with rule 25 for Courts of Civil Appeals (142 S.W. xii), in that there is no appropriate reference to the part of the motion for new trial in which the error was complained of in the court below. The appellant's motion for new trial was overruled December 5, 1912. The brief was filed in this court March 25, 1913. Parties to suit and their attorneys certainly have had ample time to familiarize themselves with the rules promulgated in January, 1912. Jones v. Edwards, 152 S.W. 727; Railway Co. v. Ledbetter, 153 S.W. 646; Nunn v. Veale, 149 S.W. 758; Murphy v. Earl, 150 S.W. 486; Tiefel v. Maxwell, 154 S.W. 319; Railway Co. v. Gray, 154 S.W. 229; Konz v. Henson, 156 S.W. 593, recently decided by this court and not yet officially reported.

No fundamental error appearing, the judgment is affirmed.

McKENZIE, J., did not sit in this case.


On Rehearing.


In opinion rendered upon rehearing in El Paso Electric Railway Co. v. Lee, 157 S.W. 748, just filed and not yet officially reported, we at length state our reasons for declining to consider assignments of error which do not comply with that provision of amended rule 25 (142 S.W. xii). which requires the same to refer to that portion of the motion for a new trial in which the error is complained of. We here now refer to this opinion as stating in full our reasons for declining to consider the assignments in this case, as violative of such amended rule; copy of said opinion being hereto attached.


Summaries of

Southern Pac. Co. v. Walters

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso
Jun 19, 1913
157 S.W. 753 (Tex. Civ. App. 1913)
Case details for

Southern Pac. Co. v. Walters

Case Details

Full title:SOUTHERN PAC. CO. v. WALTERS

Court:Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso

Date published: Jun 19, 1913

Citations

157 S.W. 753 (Tex. Civ. App. 1913)

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