Howard v. Jenkins
Howard v. Jenkins
1 White & W. 30
Howard v. Jenkins
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
§ 68. Motion for new trial in justice’s court necessary to give jurisdiction on appeal. Under the act of August 18, 1870 [General Laws 15th Leg. p. 172, sec. 3], a county court can only acquire jurisdiction of a case from justice’s court after a motion for new trial made and overruled and notice of appeal given in open court in the justice’s court.
Reversed and remanded.
Note. — The above is not now the law. See acts 18th Leg. p. 91.
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