DICKENS COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE v. RATLIFF

No. 8107.

458 S.W.2d 949 (1970)

DICKENS COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, Inc., Relator, v. Hon. L. D. RATLIFF of Dickens County, Texas et al., Respondents.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

Rehearing Denied November 9, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Conner & Swenson, Spur, Smith, Boulter & Jesko and Albert Smith, Lubbock, for relator.

Gillespie & McClendon and Jack McClendon, Lubbock, for respondents.


NORTHCUTT, Justice.

The principal question presented here relates to the power of the district court to enter judgment in the case submitted to a jury on special issues where three issues were answered by the jury, and one issue was unanswered. The parties hereto will be designated as they were in the trial court. Jimmie Bennett sued Dickens County Electric Cooperative, Inc. for damages for the loss of his personal property caused by a fire as a result of the defendant...

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