Legal Opinion

Stark v. Morgan

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 30, 1977No. 19506PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GUITTARD, Chief Justice.

We dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction because the judgment appealed from is not final. The only judgment in the record is a partial summary judgment denying appellants recovery of title to two of the tracts of land claimed in their petition, but providing “that this cause proceed to trial upon the sole remaining issue of a boundary line dispute on the south end of Plaintiff’s 0.32 acre tract.”

Appellants argue that this remaining issue pertains to a severable claim and that the effect of the order is to sever that claim, thus making the judgment final with…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Pan American Petroleum Corporation v. Texas Pacific Coal & Oil CompanyTexas Supreme Court · 1959
  2. Pan American Petroleum Corp. v. Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1959
  3. Early v. CorneliusTexas Supreme Court · 1931
  4. Ridley v. McCallum Dist. JudgeTexas Supreme Court · 1942
  5. Cornelius v. EarlyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1930

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Avmanco, Inc. v. City of Grand PrairieCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1992
  2. Roquemore v. Kellogg, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1983
  3. Raul Galvez v. Tornado Bus Company, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2013

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