Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 1939

Linn Motor Co. v. Sabine Development Co.

Linn Motor Co. v. Sabine Development Co.
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided April 6, 1939 · Walker
127 S.W.2d 502; 1939 Tex. App. LEXIS 597 (South Western Reporter, Second Series)

Linn Motor Co. v. Sabine Development Co.

Opinion of the Court

WALKER, Chief Justice.

This appeal was prosecuted from the County Court of Jefferson County, at Law, Jefferson County. Appellant’s demand, as plaintiff, on a promissory note, against appellee, as defendant, exceeded $1,-000. Appellee answered by pleas of general demurrer, general denial, fraud, cancellation of the note sued upon, and for $300 damages. On trial to a jury, judgment was for appellee for the relief prayed for. Since the amount in controversy exceeded the jurisdiction of the County Court, the judgment of the lower court must be reversed and the case dismissed. Constitution of Texas, Art. 5, sec. 16, Vernon’s Ann.St. The dismissal will be at cost of appellant. Consumers’ Fertilizer Company v. J. M. Badt & Co., Tex.Civ.App., 157 S.W. 226; Murray v. Snodgrass, Tex.Civ.App., 71 S.W.2d 1110; Wadsworth v. Chick, Administrator, 55 Tex. 241; Beaumont Majestic Company v. Berwick, Tex.Civ.App., 87 S.W.2d 1116; Griffay v. Robbins, Tex.Civ.App., 91 S.W.2d 1160; North Texas Coach Co. v. Morten, Tex.Civ.App., 92 S.W.2d 263; Janes v. Busby, Tex.Civ.App., 93 S.W.2d 788.

Judgment reversed and the case dismissed.

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