Legal Opinion

Lyon-Taylor Co. v. Johnson

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 23, 1912Published

Appeal from Jefferson County Court; R. W. Wilson, Judge. Action to set aside a judgment by John S. Johnson against the Lyon-Taylor Company. Judgment for plaintiff annulling the former judgment, and defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtMcMEANS, J.

[1] There appears to have been no final judgment rendered in this case in the court below, and for that reason this appeal does not lie. The facts are substantially these; Lyon-Taylor Company sued John S. Johnson in the county court of Jefferson county, cause No. 1,514, and recovered a judgment against him. Johnson’s motion for a new trial having been overruled, he appealed, and the judgment against him was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. At a subsequent term of the county court Johnson brought this suit against Lyon-Taylor Company seeking to have the former judgment set aside, and…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Taylor, Knapp & Co. v. ForeTexas Supreme Court · 1874
  2. Gross v. McClaranTexas Supreme Court · 1852
  3. Stewart v. JonesTexas Supreme Court · 1853
  4. Houston v. StarrTexas Supreme Court · 1854

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