J. F. Turner & Bro. v. Gable

(after stating the facts as above). If the value of the mules exceeded $200, the justice court did not have jurisdiction of the suit (article 5, § 19, of the Constitution); and, if it did not, the county court did not, by the appeal to it, acquire jurisdiction thereof. Cotulla v. Goggan, 77 Tex. 32, 13 S. W. 742; Schwartz v. Fries, 31 S. W. 214; Smith v. Carroll, 28 Tex. Civ. App. 330, 66 S. W. 863. But, in determining the questions as to jurisdiction, both the justice court and the county court were bound to assume the value of the mules to be as alleged in appellant’s pleadings, in the…