Legal Opinion

Schafer v. Stevens

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided July 21, 1961No. 15853Published

1Opinion

*487ON MOTÍON FOR REHEARING

In his motion for rehearing appellant insists that we erred in our original opinion in-holding that the failure to join as parties the parents of Thomas H. Stevens was not such fundamental error as to require the reversal of the judgment of the trial court.

Appellant says that the decisions upon which we have relied do not hold that in determining the existence of fundamental error the courts will not look into the statement of facts. What they hold, according to appellant, is that fundamental error will not be found if to do so requires the appellate court to weigh the…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Ramsey v. DunlopTexas Supreme Court · 1947
  2. McCauley v. Consolidated UnderwritersTexas Supreme Court · 1957
  3. Lane v. Fair Stores, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1951
  4. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railroad v. Le GierseTexas Supreme Court · 1879
  5. Tex-Jersey Oil Corporation v. BeckTexas Supreme Court · 1957

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