Ellis v. Brooks
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in- an appeal from Lamar County. Mrs. Ellis sued Brooks and others and recovered judgment. Defendants appealed and the judgment was reversed and cause remanded, whereupon writ of error was obtained on the ground that the ruling practically settled the case.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
The Court .of Civil Appeals having reversed the judgment of the District Court and remanded the cause, this writ of error was granted upon the ground that the judgment of reversal practically settled the case. The defendants in error move to dismiss, asserting that the case is not one in which this court has jurisdiction on the ground stated.
The suit was brought by Mrs. Ellis against the principal and sureties in a liquor dealer’s bond to recover on account of sales of liquor by the dealer to her minor son, and also on account of the dealer having permitted the minor to enter and remain in…
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