Marx & Kempner v. Carlisle

Opinion by

Winkler, J.

§ 92. Jurisdiction; appeal. An appeal cannot confer upon the appellate court a jurisdiction which the court a quo did not possess. [Baker v. Chisholm, 3 Tex. 157.]

§ 93. Jurisdiction of justice of the peace in trial of right of property. In case of trial of the right of property, when the property in controversy exceeds in value $200, a justice of the peace has no jurisdiction of the case. [Chrisman v. Graham, 51 Tex. 454.]

§ 94. Judgment of appellate court when court below had no jurisdiction. When an appellate court’ reverses a judgment in a case in which the court below…