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FISHER v. SHIPP

No. 7772.

411 S.W.2d 638 (1966)

Phillip FISHER, Appellant, v. Ben F. SHIPP, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Rehearing Denied December 27, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Persons, Baker, Botts, Shepherd & Coates, Houston, for appellant.

John L. Hill, W. Douglas Matthews, Jr., Robert L. Steely, Brown, Kronzer, Abraham, Watkins & Steely, Houston, for appellee.

CHADICK, Chief Justice.

In this common law tort action the trial court awarded the plaintiff $10,000.00 to compensate for injury and expense negligently inflicted on him by the defendant. The judgment of the trial court is reversed and the case is remanded.

Evidence was offered in the trial court that plaintiff B. F. Shipp received injuries on May 23, 1963, that were permanent in nature. The impairment of plaintiff Shipp's future earning capacity became an...

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