Geiselman v. Brown

Citations

• 30 Tex. 760

Syllabus

<p>The 9th section of the act of 11th February, 1860, concerning the proceedings in the district court, reads as follows: “The appellant or plaintiff in error shall in all cases file with the clerk of the court below an assignment of errors, distinctly specifying the grounds on which he relies, before he takes the transcript of the record from the clerk’s office, and a copy of such assignment of errors shall be attached to and form a part of the record; and all errors not so distinctly specified shall be considered by the Supreme Court as waived.” (Paschal’s Dig., Art. 1591, Note 618.) In the absence of an assignment of errors, the court examined the record, and, finding neither jurisdiction nor merits, dismissed the appeal.</p>