Webb v. Jorns

OPINION

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

Preliminary to consideration of the merits we have noticed that a circumstance is existent giving rise to the question of whether we have jurisdiction; whether there has been a final judgment from which the appeal has been taken. See Texas Rules of Civil Procedure 301, “Judgments”, wherein it is stated that except where the law provides otherwise only one final judgment shall be rendered in any cause.

On the question of our appellate jurisdiction generally

For purposes of testing whether there was a final and appealable judgment we will state a hypothesized question…