Ken Pruitt Buick Co. v. Henderson

RALEIGH BROWN, Justice.

Ken Pruitt Buick Company, appellant, filed its motion to reverse the trial court’s judgment and dismiss James A. Henderson’s cause of action for lack of jurisdiction.

Effective June 15, 1971, the Legislature enacted Article 1970a, V.A.C.S., which set the jurisdictional amount for County Courts at Law as:

“Amount in controversy

All county courts at law, county civil courts, and other statutory courts exercising civil jurisdiction corresponding to the constitutional jurisdiction of the county court in civil cases shall have jurisdiction concurrent with that of the district…