Legal Opinion

Coleman v. Zapp

Texas Supreme Court

Decided December 18, 1912No. 2271PublishedCited by 270 opinions

Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from McLennan County. Kate Coleman obtained writ of error on the affirmance on her appeal of a recovery against her in the District Court by Helen Zapp and her husband.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips

In the trial court this was a proceeding by scire facias, instituted by the defendants in error in the year 1909, to have entered nunc pro tunc and to revive a judgment rendered in 1903 in their favor against the plaintiff in error, in connection with which proceedings an attachment was sued out and levied. The judgment involved was originally obtained in 1898, but no execution was issued within one year from its rendition. In 1902 levy of an execution sued out on the judgment was made upon property belonging to the plaintiff in error, who thereupon filed an injunction suit to restrain its…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Burnett v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1855
  2. Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. HaynesTexas Supreme Court · 1891
  3. Slaughter v. OwensTexas Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Brown v. ReeseTexas Supreme Court · 1887
  5. Hubbart v. Willis State BankCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1909

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3Cited by270 opinions

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  4. Knox v. LongTexas Supreme Court · 1953
  5. Vondy v. Commissioners Court of Uvalde CountyTexas Supreme Court · 1981

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