Beacon Lumber Co. v. Brown

The record in this case properly presents the question whether article 3992 of the Revised Civil Statutes 1925 is vio-lative of article 14, § 1, of the Constitution of the United States, and article 1, §§ 13 and 19, of the Constitution of the State of Texas, because it attempts to allow an appeal to the Court of Civil Appeals in forcible detainer suits to an unsuccessful defendant, but denies such appeal to an unsuccessful plaintiff.

The statute in question reads as follows: “The judgment of the county court finally disposing of the cause shall be conclusive of the litigation, and no further…