Legal Opinion
Joe Rowe v. Kara Watkins
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided March 23, 2011No. 08-09-00001-CVPublished
1Opinion of the Court
COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
JOE ROWE,
Appellant,
v.
KARA WATKINS,
Appellee.
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No. 08-09-00001-CV
Appeal from the
County Court
of Jeff Davis County, Texas
(TC# 293)
O P I N I O N
Appellant, Joe Rowe, appeals the county court's judgment awarding ownership of a female dog named Sara to Appellee, Kara Watkins. Finding that Watkins failed to perfect her appeal from the justice court to the county court, we hold that the county court never obtained jurisdiction and therefore, erred by failing to grant Rowe's plea to the jurisdiction. Accordingly, we vacate the county court's…
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