Natl. Bank of Hopewell, Va. v. Marshall

In consideration of cases submitted in this court, we are limited to a consideration of the record and only matters that properly appear therein. For that reason, we think that it is far better for attorneys to recognize the rule and refrain from discussing things not contained in the record, for such discussion only enlarges the quantity of reading matter for this court’s perusal.

Taking the trial court’s findings of fact as a basis, we make the following statement of the case before us:

In a suit pending in the county court at law of Wichita county, in which appellant herein was plaintiff,…