Callahan v. Staples

Mr. Presiding Judge Harvey

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court of Cameron County, 103rd Judicial District, dismissing, for want of jurisdiction,'a motion for new trial made under the pro visions of Article 2236 of the Revised Statutes. The relevant facts are substantially as follows:

On June 9, 1928, W. E. Callahan and Sam A. Robertson recovered a judgment, in said district court, against Merrill W. Staples, for the recovery of the title to and right of possession of a large portion of Padre Island in the Gulf of…