Mawthe v. Alexander Crozier & Co.

Citations

• 50 Tex. 153

Syllabus

<p>1. Jurisdiction of District Court.—Suit was originally brought in the District Court on a promissory note for less than §500. After tlie adoption of tlie Constitution, of 1876, the amount being below the jurisdiction of the County Court, the case was transferred by the District Court to the proper Justice’s Court. ■ After trial and judgment an appeal was taken by tlie defendant to the County Court; the case appeared in the District Court without any order transferring it from the County Court, and judgment was rendered for plaintiff: Held, That no jurisdiction was shown in the District Court.</p> <p>2. Approved.—Lane v. Dealt, 48 Tex., 227, approved.</p>