Coleman v. Texas Department of Public Safety

REYNOLDS, Chief Justice.

Jimmy Ray Coleman challenges the county court’s dismissal for lack of jurisdiction of his appeal from a justice court order probating the suspension of his operator’s license, and seeks the rendition of judgment in his behalf. Concluding that the county court had jurisdiction of the appeal, but that we cannot render judgment on the record, we reverse and remand.

The Texas Department of Public Safety filed in the Collingsworth County justice court its petition for an affirmative finding of its allegations, briefly stated, that(1) on or about 12 December 1980, Coleman was…