Legal Opinion
Gause v. Edminston
Texas Supreme Court
Decided July 1, 1872PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from Houston. Tried below before the Hon.. L. W. Cooper. The opinion of the court clearly states all material facts.
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
The question presented on this record would at first sight appear almost to fall within the maxim de minimis; but upon examination of the questions presented, their importance is greatly augmented.
It is an appeal from the judgment of the District Court of Houston county, on a motion to re-tax the costs in a cause appealed from a justice’s court, and tried in the district court, wherein the parties to this appeal were litigants.
We are asked to put a construction upon the act of May 19, 1871. (Gen. Laws, page 108.) The first section of this act authorizes the parties in interest to testify in…
2Cited by4 opinions
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