Lowell v. Ball, Hutchings & Co.

Citations

• 58 Tex. 562
• 1883 Tex. LEXIS 66

Syllabus

<p>1. Appeal.— On appeal from the judgment of the district court which allowed out of an estate a specified sum for a year’s support for a widow and children, a further sum in lieu of exempted articles, and an allowance of §2,000 in lieu of homestead, that judgment was reversed as to the allowance of §2,000, and affirmed in all other respects. Exceptions were filed below to the mandate of the supreme court, alleging that the judgment of the supreme court was void, which was overruled, and the district court reformed its judgment so as to make it conform to the judgment of the supreme court. Held,</p> <p>(1) The judgment of the district court, in effect refusing to disregard the direction of the supreme court, was proper.</p> <p>(2) No appeal lies from a'judgment of .the district court rendered in accordance with a mandate of the supreme court, which provides in substance for the final disposition of a cause.</p>