COLLORA v. NAVARRO

No. B-7622.

574 S.W.2d 65 (1978)

Ollie B. COLLORA, Petitioner, v. Franklin R. NAVARRO, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

November 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Houston C. Munson, Jr., Gonzales, for petitioner.

Don Blansitt, Schulenburg, for intervenors.

Michael W. Melton, Schlanger, Cook, Cohn & Mills, Joel W. Cook, Houston, for respondent.


SAM D. JOHNSON, Justice.

The question presented for our decision in this case is a narrow one. The substantive legal issue is whether or not a directed verdict may be based on the uncontradicted testimony of a party to the lawsuit. To pose the question in its precise factual context, did the testimony of Ollie Collora, plaintiff below and petitioner here, establish as a matter of law one element (i. e., a present agreement to be husband and wife) of a common...

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