Texas Livestock Marketing Ass'n v. Rogers

Noel Rogers, appellee, has filed a motion to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. His contention is that the appeal bond was not filed within thirty days after the overruling of the motion for a new trial and therefore no appeal was perfected. Specifically, he contends that the amended motion for a new trial was overruled by operation of l'aw on May 23, 1951, because it was not presented to the court within the thirty-day period as required by Rule 330 (j), Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, and that appellant’s appeal bond, filed on June 25, 1951, came too late to perfect an appeal to…