Stuart v. Strawn Independent School Dist.
Stuart v. Strawn Independent School Dist.
Opinion of the Court
This case is before us on motion to retax costs filed by Stuart et al.
The suit was originally filed in the district court -of Palo Pinto county, Tex., by Strawn Independent School District against Stuart et al. to recover certain delinquent taxes alleged
Writ of error was applied for 'by Stuart et al. and granted by the Sux>reme Court. The judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals as formally entered in the minutes was certified to the Supreme Court. It will thus be seen • that according to the records certified the opinion showed that the costs were divided, while the formal judgment as entered contradicted the opinion and did not divide the costs, but adjudged them as above shown.
In the above state of the record, the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals, and adjudged all costs of appeal in both appellate courts against the Stuarts, who were the losing parties to both appeals.
After the rendition of the judgment in the Supreme Court, and after the motion of Stuart et al. for rehearing was overruled, the Court of Civil Appeals on May 12,1931, undertook, to correct its record, and entered an order correcting its original judgment so as to award the costs in conformity with its opinion. It was ordered that the judgment should be corrected as of date of the original judgment, September 27,1929.
After the above proceedings in the Court of Civil Appeals, Stuart et al. filed a motion in this court to retax the costs,' and have attached to such motion certified copies of the above proceedings in the Court of Civil Appeals.
In our opinion Stuart et al. should pay the costs of appeal in both courts as originally adjudged by this court. They are the losing parties in both appellate courts, and we find nothing in the record that will justify us in relieving them of costs.
Being of the opinion that Stuart et al. should pay the costs of appeal in both appellate courts we do not consider it necessary to pass on the right of the Court of Civil Appeals to make the correction in the judgment as hereinabove shown at the time it was made. Whatever judgment they did enter, with reference to costs, has been superseded by the judgment of this court. The judgment of this court adjudges costs for both appeals against Stuart et al., and that judgment must obtain regardless of the judgment entered by the Court of Civil Appeals.
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