Crane v. Blum

Citations

• 56 Tex. 325
• 1882 Tex. LEXIS 36

Syllabus

<p>1. Jurisdiction — Collateral attack.—When a question has been decided by the court of appeals, within the scope of its jurisdiction, rights acquired under the judgment in which the decision was made cannot be disturbed by a collateral proceeding begun in the district court.</p> <p>2. Jurisdiction.—The question of the jurisdiction of the county court over the person of a party to suit before it, being once determined on appeal by the court of appeals, must be held conclusive as to parties and privies.</p> <p>3. Judgment.— The good of society and the preservation of rights and good order require that when once the rights of parties have been determined by the ultimate tribunal provided by law for their adjudication, the same should pass from the field of strife forever; any other rule would fill the court with causes which have once been determined, and render all rights of property uncertain and the most solemn judgments a mockery.</p>