Graham v. Roder
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Cas.?. Tho appellee sued the appellant in the District Court to recover damages for tho fraudulent sale of a location or the right of location upon a tract of laud.
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Appeal from Cas.?. Tho appellee sued the appellant in the District Court to recover damages for tho fraudulent sale of a location or the right of location upon a tract of laud. The original petition alleged, in substance, that the defendant, by false and fraudulent representations, induced the plaintiff to purchase of him the privilege of locating upon a certain tract of land; that the defendant falsely represented to the plaintiff that lie had in his possession, as surveyor, a file or location upon said land for one Robertson, and that lie, the defendant, was authorized by said Robertson to…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The ground principally relied on for a reversal of the. judgment, and the only one which is deemed to require notice, is the refusal of the court to arrest the judgment for the alleged want of jurisdiction in the District Court.
Respecting the ruling of the court in permitting amendments, upon which the expression of ail opinion is desired, we refer counsel to former decisions upon that subject. (Cartwright v. Chabert, 3 Tex. R., 261; Austin and Clapp v. Jordan, ante.)
We have repeatedly decided that the amount of the verdict does not determine the question of jurisdiction; but that question…
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