Legal Opinion
Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Big Bend Motor Inn, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 4, 1991No. 2-90-244-CVPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FARRIS, Justice.
Sears, Roebuck & Company appeals from a judgment entered in Tarrant County Court at Law No. 2 in favor of Big Bend Motor Inn, Inc. Sears raises two points of error, both relating to the trial court’s failure to dismiss for want of jurisdiction: (1) the trial court erred in failing to dismiss because Big Bend did not allege jurisdiction in its petition; and (2) the amount in controversy exceeded the jurisdictional amount of the County Court at Law. See TEX.GOV’T CODE ANN. § 25.2222(b)(1) (Vernon Supp. 1991).
We overrule both points of error because Big Bend’s petition…
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