Court Opinion

ID: 9671981
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 03:46:35.576785+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:13.558753
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NYE, Chief Justice,
concurring.
The majority writes that this case should be reversed on the basis that El Campo Well Service was denied a right to a trial by jury. I agree that the case should be reversed and remanded, but for a different reason than that expressed by the majority.
Here, El Campo filed a pleading entitled “Consent to Judgment.” By this document, El Campo claims that they consented to a judgment on the Texas Farms’ specific performance claim, but expressly denied Texas Farms entitlement to any other remedy which was pleaded. It is very clear to me that there was no consent to judgment here. Texas Farms timely informed the trial court of its dissatisfaction with El Campo’s consent to judgment. I believe that this put the trial court on notice that there was no mutual consent of the parties. This is a necessary requirement. See Milstead v. Milstead, 633 S.W.2d 347 (Tex.App.-Corpus Christi 1982, no writ).
This situation is analogous to one in which there has been a settlement agreement. Judgment, in that type of case, may only be rendered if all the parties consent. Hensley v. Salinas, 583 S.W.2d 617 (Tex.1979). Here, El Campo decided unilaterally to consent to only part of Texas Farms’ cause of action which might benefit them. The trial court improperly granted judgment because the judgment clearly lacked the mutual consent of the parties. For these reasons, I concur in the result of this case.