Cogburn v. Harbour
| Decision Date | 13 July 1983 |
| Docket Number | No. C-2007,C-2007 |
| Citation | 657 S.W.2d 432 |
| Parties | Alta Joyce COGBURN, Petitioner, v. Kenneth Jdarrell HARBOUR, Respondent. |
| Court | Texas Supreme Court |
Sudderth, Woodley & Dudley, Keith Woodley, Comanche, for petitioner.
Coan & Terrill, Richard D. Coan, Stephenville, for respondent.
This is a dissolution of partnership and accounting case. The trial court rendered judgment for Cogburn on the jury's findings. The jury found that the parties agreed to own jointly the livestock acquired by either of them from 1974 to 1978 and that the net value of the livestock so acquired was $2,400. The court of appeals reversed and remanded because of the failure of the trial court to submit an issue on the existence of a partnership. 646 S.W.2d 330.
Defendant Harbour had objected to the omission of an issue asking whether a partnership existed. The appellate record did not show an express ruling on the objection. Cogburn as appellee and petitioner in this court has maintained that Harbour waived any alleged error by failing to bring forward an express ruling in the record. We agree.
Rule 272 1 provides that the trial judge shall announce his rulings on objections to the charge
(Emphasis supplied.)
The court of appeals held that Harbour was excused from strict compliance with Rule 272 because the record showed the objection was presented before the court read the charge. The court of appeals reasoned that the trial court impliedly overruled the objection to the charge since the charge included no single issue on the existence of a partnership. 2
Implied rulings are not sufficient. Because a majority of the court finds the decision of the court of appeals contrary to Rule 272, we grant petitioner's application for writ of error and, without oral argument, reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and affirm the judgment of the trial court. Rule 483.
1 All citations to rules are to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.
2 The court of appeals' conclusion that a separate issue on the existence of a partnership...
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