Ferrell-Michael Abstract & Title Co. v. McCormac
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Eastland County. Action by Mrs. C. B. McCormac and others against the Ferrell-Michael Abstract & Title Company and others, in which R. L. Davenport intervened, and to which George Vaught and another were made parties defendant, From a judgment for plaintiffs and intervener, the named defendant and the im-pleaded defendants appeal.
1Opinion
On Appellee’s Motion for Rehearing.
All parties herein urge motions for rehearing, and we will briefly dispose of the questions presented in a general way.
[9,10] On original hearing we held, in effect, that the judgment in favor of M. J. Smith against the appellant abstract company was not in this action subject to attack on the ground of a want of jurisdiction in the justice court which rendered it. It is clear, we think, that, as originally announced, the attack herein is a collateral one, and, said court being a domestic court with general jurisdiction within prescribed limits, and a want…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Murchison v. White, 54 Tex. 78 (Tex. 1880)Texas Supreme Court · 1880
- Cooper v. NewellSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Bender v. DamonTexas Supreme Court · 1888
- Texas & New Orleans Ry. Co. v. RuckerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1905
- Lawson v. LynchCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1895
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