Opinion ID: 2462392
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: counterpoints

Text: Travelers also presents ten points labeled counterpoints [7] complaining of the judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals, the first five of which present legal sufficiency points; if sustained, these points would require rendition of judgment in its favor. The Court of Civil Appeals expressly ruled that the verdict of the jury was supported by sufficient evidence and Travelers does not attack this ruling by Application for Writ of Error. See Pruitt v. Republic Bankers Life Ins. Co., 491 S.W.2d 109 (Tex. 1973); also, CALVERT & HATCHELL, Some Problems of Supreme Court Review, 6 St. Mary's L.J. 303 (1974). The remaining counterpoints urged by Travelers complain of the failure of the Court of Civil Appeals to consider various points of error there urged. In these, Travelers asserted error of the trial court in submitting a special issue inquiring if the jury found from a preponderance of the evidence that the death of Louis Morris was caused by suicide; that the trial court erred in overruling its motion for new trial based upon the ground that the supplemental charge was given orally rather than in writing; that the trial court erred in overruling Travelers' Motion for New Trial because it was not given an opportunity to inspect and make written objections to the supplemental charge; and that the trial court erred in overruling Travelers' Motion for New Trial on the ground of jury misconduct during its deliberations. We have considered individually each of these counterpoints and find them to be without serious merit. The judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals is reversed and that of the trial court is affirmed.