Odom v. McMahan

Citations

• 67 Tex. 292

Syllabus

<p>Injunction—Jurisdiction.—An injunction can not issue to restrain the collection of a judgment rendered in the court of a justice of the peace when the amount in controversy was less than twenty dollars. In such a ease the judgment of a justice is made final by statute, and a new trial can be granted only in the court where the judgment is rendered.</p> <p>To enjoin the collection of the judgment by writ issuing from the district court, and judgment thereon, is virtually to permit an appeal and try the cause de novo in violation of the statute.</p>