Simonton v. Forrester

Citations

• 35 Tex. 584

Syllabus

<p>1. The rulings in Ward v. Bledsoe, 32 Texas, 251, respecting the grant of new trials by this court in jury cases, must not be held applicable to the district courts ; and unless these latter tribunals relax the stringency of their practice in respect to according new trials, the ends of justice will constrain this court to rescind its own rule and adopt the liberal principles which should prevail in the district courts.</p> <p>2. Bills of exception are not entitled to consideration in this court when they fail to conform to the requirements of Rule 27, by stating not only the rulings of the lower court, objected to, but also, and specifically, the grounds of objection there taken. Strong equities, however, may induce this court to waive a strictly technical compliance with this or other rules of practice.</p>