Haley v. Davidson

Citations

• 48 Tex. 615

Syllabus

<p>1. New rules.—Discussed.</p> <p>2. Briefs.—Under the new rules, the brief is a mere statement of the points or propositions relied upon to reverse or affirm the judgment, the matters ill the record pertinent to sustain or rebut these points, and a reference to the authorities relied upon by the parties.</p> <p>3. Points.—Each point must refer to and show under which assignment of error presented, and must present clearly and tersely a single proposition.</p> <p>4. Statement.—When a proposition is presented for the reversal of the judgment, the first inquiry for the court is to ascertain whether the matters in the record warrant and justify it. To enable the court to determine this, the statement must show what is in the record bearing upon the proposition.</p> <p>5. Counter-statement.—If the statement is contradicted by the appellee, he must make his counter-statement of matters in the record in reference to the same point.</p> <p>6. Copying not allowed.—The statement and counter-statement must not be made by copying, but by stating substantially what the record contains, with reference to the pages of the record.</p>