Copus v. Chorn

This case is before the Court on certified questions from the Court of Civil Appeals at Eastland. It involves the right to appeal by writ of error.

Acts 1939, 46th Leg., p. 59 (Vernon’s Annotated Statutes, Art. 2249a) provide as follows:

“Section 1. No party who participates either in person or by his attorney in the actual trial of the case in the trial court shall be entitled to review by the Court of Civil Appeals through means of writ of error.

“Sec. 2. All laws and parts of laws, insofar as they conflict with this Act, are repealed. Writ of error shall continue to be available under the…