LAUREL v. WHEELER

No. 13210.

304 S.W.2d 258 (1957)

R. E. LAUREL, Appellant, v. J. D. WHEELER, Receiver of General American Casualty Company, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied July 17, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon Gibson, J. G. Hornberger, Laredo, for appellant.

Eskridge, Groce & Habdon, Frank P. Christian, San Antonio, for appellee.


POPE, Justice.

This is a venue suit, but the question presented on appeal is whether an orally rendered judgment which had no support in the evidence was reopened before the term of the court expired. On June 29, 1956, the trial court orally announced in court that defendant's plea of privilege was overruled. At that time the court had before it certain documentary evidence which was not introduced into the record. On July 25, plaintiff filed a motion to reopen the...

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