Court Opinion

ID: 9672060
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 03:48:18.82188+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:14.072953
License: Public Domain

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
Appellees insist in their motion for rehearing that they had met their burden of proof of establishing the identity of the heirs of Mrs. F. J. Richards “because the answers to appellees’ interrogatories were on file which set out this information and the trial court is presumed to have read pleadings on file in the cause tried before it.
In a jury trial or trial to the court, answers to interrogatories made pursuant to Rule 168, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure must be introduced into evidence in order to be of any probative value. Such answers are not to be treated as admissions made pursuant to Rule 169, Tex.R.Civ.P. “It is our conclusion that Rule 168, T.R.C.P., unlike Rule 169, T.R. C.P., which deals with admissions, logically requires the offer and acceptance into evidence of the interrogatories before same may be considered as evidence in support of a judgment.” Barnwell v. Fox & Jacobs Construction Company, 469 S.W.2d 199, 206 (Tex.Civ.App. Dallas 1971, no writ). See also the concurring opinion in The Travelers Insurance Company v. Wyatt, 488 S.W.2d 897 (Tex.Civ.App. Texarkana 1972, no writ); 2 McDonald, Tex.Civ.Proc. 530, Sec. 10.02.21-3. Interrogatories to Parties.
Appellees’ motion for rehearing is overruled.