Housing Authority, City of Edgewood v. Sanders

Housing Authority, City of Edge-wood, plaintiff/appellant, initiated this suit for forcible detainer against G.E. Sanders, defendant/appellee, in the Justice Court, Precinct One, Van Zandt County, on April 1, 1983. Apparently, sometime later, the suit went to trial before the justice of the peace; however, no judgment signed by the justice of the peace appears in the record.1 We need look no further. The record affirmatively shows that the county court was without jurisdiction to entertain the purported appeal from the justice court. A justice court judgment is a prerequisite to *3an appeal to…