Britton v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice

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• holding that appellate court in civil cases normally may not alter erroneous judgment in favor of appellant who does not challenge that error on appeal
• holding that appellate court in civil cases normally may not alter erroneous judgment in favor of appellant who does not challenge that error on appeal
• holding that appellant's failure to challenge alternate ground supporting order sustaining plea to jurisdiction required court of appeals to affirm
• stating that an appellate court normally cannot alter an erroneous judgment in favor of an appellant in a civil case who does not challenge that error on appeal
• stating that an appellate court normally cannot alter an erroneous judgment in favor of an appellant in a civil case who does not challenge that error on appeal
• affirming order granting plea to the jurisdiction because appellant did not challenge all grounds on which order could have been based

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