Court Opinion

ID: 9769640
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 14:56:52.734874+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:31:05.980704
License: Public Domain

On Second Motion for Rehearing
In his second motion for rehearing appellee points out that the instrument included in the transcript denominated “Plaintiffs’ Objections and Exceptions to The Court’s Charge” bears no notation showing that it was presented to the trial judge and no ruling is endorsed thereon and signed by the judge, as required by Rule 272, T.R.C.P. The purported objections to the court’s charge cannot be considered by us. Ramsey v. Polk County, Tex.Civ.App., 256 S.W.2d 425; Gowan v. Reimers, Tex.Civ.App., 220 S.W.2d 331, ref., n. r. e.
In the absence of a sufficient showing that appellants pointed out to the court the necessity of securing a jury finding that Willie Morris separated from her husband prior to the execution of the deed in question and that the charge to the jury was objected to on that ground, it will be presumed that appellants waived their right to a jury trial on that issue. Rule 274, T.R.C.P. Since there is sufficient evidence to support a finding that Willie Morris left the home of her husband prior to the date on which he executed the deed in question, it will be presumed in support of the judgment rendered that the trial court so found. Rule 279, T.R.C.P.; Panhandle & S. F. Ry. v. Friend, Tex.Civ.App., 91 S.W.2d 922.
Appellants have urged that the verdict of the jury is “contrary to the evidence.” We take this to be an assignment that the verdict is so contrary to the great weight and preponderance of the evidence as to be clearly wrong, rather than an assignment that the verdict is supported by no evidence. We sustain this assignment.
Appellee’s second motion for rehearing is granted. This Court’s former judgment is vacated, set aside and annulled; and the trial court’s judgment is now reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial.