Clark v. El Paso County Water Improvement District No. 1

It is very clear that plaintiffs by suing to recover their damages in the sum of $1,000, with interest from March 1, 1924, to the date of trial and judgment, thereby lfiaced in controversy an amount beyond the jurisdiction of the county court at law. McDaniel v. National, etc., 112 Tex. 54, 244 S. W. 135; Pecos & N. T. Ry. v. Rayzor, 106 Tex. 544, 172 S. W. 1103; International & G. N. Ry. v. Lyon, 112 Tex. 30, 243 S. W. 973; Holman v. Ward (Tex. Com. App.) 288 S. W. 148.

The court, therefore; erred in undertaking to dispose of this case upon its merits. Its error in so doing is fundamental and…