Nickel v. Anderson

Appellees have filed their motion to dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. Plaintiffs, the appellants herein, filed a trespass to try title suit. Judgment for the defendants was rendered on September 1, 1965, by the trial court without the intervention of a jury. The procedural facts disclose that the transcript was not timely filed, and that this Court must dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. The times essential for the determination of this jurisdictional question are hereinafter set forth.

When a case is tried before the court without a jury, an appeal may be taken without…