Rhodes v. Coleman-Fulton Pasture Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from San Patricio County Court; M. A. Childers, Judge. Action between the Coleman-Fulton -Pasture Company and D. Rhodes. From the judgment rendered, Rhodes appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtFly, C. J.
[1, 2] Appellee seeks to dismiss the appeal in this case, for one reason, because the.transcript presents a suit for $159, instituted in the county court; the record failing to indicate that the cause was appealed from the justice’s court. The record should show this, and such showing cannot be made by certiorari, and hence the cause should be dismissed. However, before the appeal should be dismissed on that ground, appellant should be given an opportunity to perfect his record so as to show jurisdiction in the county court.
[3, 4] Another reason for seeking a dismissal is that the cause was…
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