Griffin v. Brown

Opinion by

Walker, R. S., P. J.

§ 1097. Appeal from justice’s court; motion for new irial before. In an appeal from justice’s to county court, it is essential, to confer jurisdiction upon the county court, that a motion for new trial had been made and overruled in' the justice’s court. [Note. — This appeal was taken under the law as it existed prior to the adoption of the Revised Statutes [Acts 11th Leg. ch. 27, p. 18], which required, before an appeal could be taken, that a motion for a new trial should have been made. Since the adoption of the Revised Statutes, the failure to make a motion…