Globe Loan Co. v. Betancourt
Globe Loan Co. v. Betancourt
Opinion of the Court
This is a suit for double the
alleged amount of usurious interest paid by appellee to appellant, which in the justice’s *309 court was placed at $104. The cause was tried by the justice of the peace, and judgment rendered in favor of appellee for $76. The cause was appealed by appellant to the county court. During the trial in .the county court, appellee filed an amendment, in wbicb the amount claimed was reduced to"$76, and the jury found in favor of appellee for that amount.
By the amendment in the county court the amount in controversy was reduced from $104 to $76, a sum from which an appeal could not he prosecuted to this court. Bishop v. Lawson, 47 Tex. Civ. App. 646, 105 S. W. 1008.
The appeal is dismissed.
Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.