Mulligan v. Omar Gasoline Co.
Mulligan v. Omar Gasoline Co.
Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff in error, Ed Mulligan, has filed a motion to so retax the costs incurred in the above cause,, both in the Court of Civil Appeals and in the Supreme Court, so as to charge the defendant in error, Omar Gasoline Company, with payment of the costs incurred in both courts, for the following reasons:
The suit of Mulligan is based primarily on a contract alleged to have been made by the Omar Company through its duly authorized agent, G. A. Ritnour. In the trial court the jury found, in answer to a special issue submitted to them, that Ritnour had authority to make said contract in behalf of said company; and judgment being rendered against the company, the latter appealed to the Court of Civil Appeals. 33 S.W.(2d) 568. The latter court held, in effect, that there was no evi
It thus appears that, to the extent that the Supreme Court had jurisdiction to review the several rulings of the Court of Civil Appeals, Mulligan obtained all relief sought by him in his petition for writ of error, and is therefore entitled to recover all costs incurred In the Supréme Court. He is not entitled, however, to recover the costs incurred in the Court of Civil Appeals, for the reason that said court reversed the judgment he obtained in the trial court, and remanded the cause, and .that judgment of reversal and remand still stands.
We recommend that, with respect to costs incurred in the Supreme Court, the motion to retax costs be granted, but that in all other respects the motion be overruled.
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