Legal Opinion

Warren Hardware Co. v. Dodson

Texas Supreme Court

Decided May 26, 1920No. 2677Published

Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Seventh District in an appeal from. Deaf Smith County, 162 S. W., 152.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Phillips

The suit was a garnishment proceeding based upon a judgment. The amount in controversy in the original suit was within the jurisdiction of the County Court. The case does not fall within any of the exceptions provided in article 1591, and the decision of the Court of Civil Appeals is therefore final. The writ of error was granted because of probable conflict between the decision and that of another Court of Civil Appeals. But the Supreme Court has no authority to grant a writ of error because of such conflict in a case of which the Court of Civil Appeals has final jurisdiction. Gallagher v.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Cole v. State Ex Rel. CoboliniTexas Supreme Court · 1914
  2. Gallagher v. RahmTexas Supreme Court · 1895

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