Burke v. Mathews

Citations

• 37 Tex. 73

Syllabus

<p>The revisory power of the Supreme Court is confined to the judgments and decrees of inferior tribunals, and it has no power over its own judgments or decrees after the close of the term at which they were rendered, except for the correction of clerical errors, mistakes or defects of form, or matters necessary to carry out the jurisdiction of the court, or to vacate a void judgment. Therefore, when a second appeal is substantially no more than an application for a rehearing of the questions determined on the first appeal, this court will not revise its former rulings at a previous term.</p>