Legal Opinion

Jones v. Willoughby

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided October 17, 1951No. 4783Published

1Opinion

On Motion For Rehearing.

PRICE, Chief Justice.

It must be elementary that where the trial court on an unverified motion for summary judgment enters a judgment in favor of the movant on the record, which then consists only of the pleadings of the parties, the appellate court has exactly the same matter before it that the trial court had.

In this case this court took into consideration the judgment in cause No. 2525 for the reason that this court considered the judgment in said cause part of the pleadings. It is apparent from the plaintiff’s petition that plaintiff sought to make such judgment a…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Doehler Metal Furniture Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
  2. Walling v. Fairmont Creamery Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1943
  3. Parmelee v. Chicago Eye Shield Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1946
  4. Friedman v. Washburn Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1944
  5. Fonville v. Southern Materials Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1951

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