Case Name: ALBAUGH-WRIGHT LUMBER CO. v. HENDERSON et al.
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1930-10-15
Citations: 33 S.W.2d 228
Docket Number: No. 8481
Parties: ALBAUGH-WRIGHT LUMBER CO. v. HENDERSON et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 33
Pages: 228–230

Head Matter:
ALBAUGH-WRIGHT LUMBER CO. v. HENDERSON et al.
No. 8481.
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. San Antonio.
Oct. 15, 1930.
Rehearing Denied Dec. 17, 1930.
W. M. Groce, MeEarland & Young, and Le-wright &' Lewright, all of San Antonio, for plaintiff in error.
T. H. Ridgeway and Edwin G. Black, both of San Antonio, for defendants in error.

Opinion:
SMITH, J.
Defendants in error have moved for a postponement of the submission of this cause, or, in the alternative, that plaintiff in error's brief be stricken. The record shows that plaintiff in error's brief was not filed in this court until the day the cause was submitted, nor was a copy of said brief furnished defendants in error's counsel until within two working days of said submission. No excuse for this delay is shown, and the motion to strike must be granted. The result is that' the judgment must be affirmed unless fundamental error is disclosed upon the face of the record. Wé conclude that such error is apparent from the record, and must be considered, although not assigned and briefed.
Defendants in error recovered of plaintiff in error two items, one for $39.75 and one for $20, for which they did not seek recovery in their pleadings, and, although controverted by testimony, were not submitted to the jury. Accordingly, the judgment in favor of Bessie Henderson for these items was fundamentally erroneous.
The judgment is reversed, and the cause remanded, unless defendant in error Bessie Henderson files in this court a remittitur of said amounts within ten days, in which event the judgment will be affirmed in accordance with said remittitur.
Reversed, upon condition.