Perry v. Greer
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Denton Coúnty Court; Fred M. Bottorff, Judge. Action by R. H. Greer against M. G. Perry and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtConner, C. J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court in appellee’s favor for $145, besides costs of suit. The judgment is based upon a verified account by appellee for $130, which bears the file mark of a justice of the peace, but the record fails to contain a transcript made out by the justice showing that there was a trial or judgment of any kind in the justice court. It is from final judgments only that an appeal will lie from a justice’s court, and it is certain that the amount in controversy is not within the original jurisdiction of the county court. It is therefore apparent that the…
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