Court Opinion

ID: 9775272
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 18:52:33.921412+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:32:24.389288
License: Public Domain

PEDEN, Justice,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent. The majority holds that the movant’s affidavit meets this requirement of Section (c) of Rule 166-A:
A summary judgment may be based on uncontroverted testimonial evidence of an interested witness, ... if the evidence is clear, positive and direct, otherwise credible and free from contradictions and inconsistencies, and could have been readily controverted.
Even though Mr. Khalaf’s affidavit is largely conclusionary, I would hold that the first paragraph of it (set out above) contradicts, in part, the appellee’s affidavit and, therefore, that this summary judgment may not be based on the testimonial evidence of the appellee’s interested witness.