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ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. DUKE

No. B-262.

424 S.W.2d 896 (1967)

ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Owen J. DUKE et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

December 13, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde W. Fiddes, Tyler, Albert Tarbutton, Jr., Daingerfield, Ramey, Brelsford, Flock & Devereux, Jack Flock and Michael A. Hatchell, Tyler, for petitioner.

Jones, Jones & Baldwin, Franklin Jones, Marshall, J. Alex Blakeley, Dallas, for respondents.

GREENHILL, Justice.

The decision in this case turns upon applications of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure dealing with the filing of, or the failure to file, a motion for new trial. After the jury had returned its answers to special issues, counsel for the plaintiffs filed a "motion for mistrial" because of alleged conflicts in the jury's answers. The motion was overruled, and a judgment was entered upon the verdict for the defendant. The plaintiffs thereafter filed...

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