Clarendon Land Investment Agency Co. v. McClelland Bros.
Texas Supreme Court
6. Conclusiveness of the Findings of Fact by Courts of Civil Appeals. It is prescribed that “ the judgments of the Courts of Civil Appeals shall be conclusive upon the facts of a case.” By this is meant that the decision of that tribunal upon questions of fact—that is to say, questions upon which there may be a conflict in the evidence—shall be final, and not the subject of review in this court .............................. 187 7. Same.
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6. Conclusiveness of the Findings of Fact by Courts of Civil Appeals. It is prescribed that “ the judgments of the Courts of Civil Appeals shall be conclusive upon the facts of a case.” By this is meant that the decision of that tribunal upon questions of fact—that is to say, questions upon which there may be a conflict in the evidence—shall be final, and not the subject of review in this court .............................. 187 7. Same. In accordance with the statute, Acts of 1892, page 22, this court adopted rule 5 (of Rules, etc.), directing that the transcript shall be transmitted to this…
1Opinion
ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.
GAINES, Associate Justice.
In this motion for a rehearing the appellees do not ask a reconsideration of our ruling upon the principles of law which govern the merits of the controversy; but they do insist that the record, as it came to us, did not, under the Constitution and laws of the State and the rules of practice of this court, present for our determination the questions determined in the former opinion.
It is contended, in the first place, that because our jurisdiction is limited to questions of law, and because the judgments of the Courts of Civil Appeals are made…
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