Carter v. Commissioners of Van Zandt County
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Van Zandt. Tried below before Hon. John L. Sheppard. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
HENRY, Associate Justice.
Appellant sued Van Zandt County in a Justice Court. Judgment was rendered in favor of defendant. Plaintiff in due time filed a motion for new trial. Without his procurement, fault, or consent, the motion was not acted upon before the adjournment of the term, but an order was made by the justice continuing it until the next term of his court.
At the next term he granted a new trial, and on the second trial of the cause rendered judgment in favor of plaintiff. The Commissioners Court refused to pay the amount adjudged, and this suit ivas filed in the District Court…
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