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COLONIAL SAV. ASS'N v. TAYLOR

No. B-5883.

544 S.W.2d 116 (1976)

COLONIAL SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, Petitioner, v. Waymon Joel TAYLOR, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied December 22, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vinson, Elkins, Searls, Connally & Smith, Frank C. Gibbs, III, Houston, for petitioner.

Hicks, Hirsch, Golver & Cochran, Iris Hefter Robinson, Houston, for respondent.

DOUGHTY, Justice.

This controversy arose because a house owned by respondent, Mr. Taylor, which was destroyed by fire, was not insured. Mr. Taylor sued petitioner, Colonial Savings Association, contending that Colonial had gratuitously assumed responsibility for insuring the house and had negligently failed to do so. Trial was to a jury, which returned a verdict with answers favorable to Mr. Taylor, but the trial court entered judgment non obstante veredicto

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