State Ex Rel. Cavanaugh v. Nelson
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Armstrong County; J. N. Browning, Judge. Action by the State, on relation of Jerry Cavanaugh and others, against A. V. Nelson and others. From a judgment in favor of defendants, relators appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
This is a quo warranto proceeding to test the validity of the incorporation of the city of Claude. Appellees have filed a motion to dismiss the appeal upon two grounds: (1) Because the state of Texas 'is not a party to the appeal; and (2) because neither the transcript nor statement of facts were filed in this court within the 20 days prescribed by rule 7 for the Courts, of Civil Appeals (142 S. W. x). The judgment of the court, overruling the motion for new trial, ends with the following language:
“To which order and judgment of the court the relators then and there in open court excepted and…
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