Continental Nat. Bank v. Hall-Page Tire Co.
| Decision Date | 24 October 1958 |
| Docket Number | HALL-PAGE,No. 15939,15939 |
| Citation | 318 S.W.2d 127 |
| Parties | CONTINENTAL NATIONAL BANK et al., Appellants, v.TIRE COMPANY, Inc., Appellee. |
| Court | Texas Court of Appeals |
Thompson, Walker, Smith & Shannon, and Wyndall R. Johnson, Fort Worth, for appellant.
Robert J. Maclin, Fort Worth, for appellee.
Appellee Hall-Page Tire Company, Inc., sued appellants Continental National Bank and George Thompson, III, upon a verified account, and upon a trial before a jury, judgment was rendered for appellee against appellants for $459.52, and for $150 attorney's fees.
Appellee alleged that it sold tires and tubes to the Bank through its officer and agent. Thompson and that the Bank and Thompson became jointly and severally liable for the purchase price of said items; in the alternative, appellee alleged that Thompson bought the tires and tubes for his own behalf and is individually liable therefor.
There was a sworn denial of the account as provided for by Rule 185, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.
Issues 1 and 2, with the jury's answers, are as follows:
'Question No. 1: Do you find from a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant, George Thompson, III, purchased for himself all of the tires, tubes and services from the plaintiff, Hall-Page Tire Company, Inc., introduced as evidence in this law suit?
'Answer 'Yes' or 'No'. Answer: Yes.
'Question No. 2: Do you find from a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant, Continental National Bank of Fort Worth, purchased the tires, tubes and services introduced in evidence in this law suit for itself?
'Answer 'Yes' or 'No'. Answer: Yes.'
Appellants contend that the answers to Issues 1 and 2 are so conflicting as to destroy each other. We agree with this contention. Both answers cannot be correct. If the Bank bought the goods and services for itself, Thompson did not buy them for himself and no judgment could be rendered against Thompson. If Thompson bought the goods and services for himself, the Bank did not buy them for itself and no judgment could be rendered against the Bank. When material answers are conflicting, the verdict is destroyed and there is nothing on which to base a judgment.
It is the duty of the court to so construe a verdict as to obviate a conflict, if possible; but it cannot destroy a conflict by ignoring its source or by giving either finding a forced or unreasonable construction. In construing a verdict, however, every finding is of equal importance and when rightly interpreted it cannot be varied by the correct interpretation...
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