Figures v. Dunklin & Hughes

Citations

• 68 Tex. 644
• 5 S.W. 503
• 1887 Tex. LEXIS 743

Syllabus

<p>1. Final Judgment—Justice’s Court.—On a verdict rendered in a suit on account in a justice’s court the following verdict was rendered: “We, the jury, find for the defendant, and adjudged that the costs of this suit be paid by plaintiff.” On that verdict a judgment was rendered that “the defendant do have and recover of and from the plaintiffs the sum of ten dollars and fifty-six cents, the costs in this suit incurred.” Held, since there was no final judgment disposing of the matter in controversy, the right of appeal did not exist.</p> <p>2. Appeal Bond.—An appeal bond, given to remove a cause from a justice’s court, which fails to provide that the appellant shall prosecute his appeal to effect, is fatally defective.</p>