Court Opinion

ID: 9667231
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 01:39:16.075402+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:15:36.184667
License: Public Domain

BUTTS, Justice,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
I would reverse and render the judgment since no ambiguity exists except as to the “miscellaneous tools.” I would affirm the trial court’s ruling on the tools since the court examined the pleadings and exhibit setting out an inventory of the tools. See McCoy v. Texas Power & Light Co., 239 S.W. 1105 (Tex.Comm’n App.1922, judgment adopted). The pleadings listing the tools are the plaintiff’s (husband/appellant) and the exhibit listing the tools is plaintiff’s exhibit No. 15, also his. Even if the incorrect standard of construction was applied in that instance, the error was harmless because a retrial, under a different standard, would produce the same result. TEX.R.CIV.P. 434. There is no real dispute as to what are the “miscellaneous tools.” I would reverse and render as to the other matters, but affirm as to the tools. In addition, this issue was not decided adversely to appellant. No reversible error was presented where appellant by his own pleadings and exhibit received what he asked for. Thus, I would reverse and render in part and affirm in part.