Case Name: GIVENS et al. v. WOODWARD et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1948-02-18
Citations: 208 S.W.2d 363
Docket Number: No. A-1584
Parties: GIVENS et al. v. WOODWARD et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 208
Pages: 363–363

Head Matter:
GIVENS et al. v. WOODWARD et al.
No. A-1584.
Supreme Court of Texas.
Feb. 18, 1948.
Kenneth R. Lamkin, of Austin, for petitioner.
Price Daniel, Atty. Gen., Fagan Dickson, 1st Asst. Atty. Gen., and Jackson Littleton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondents.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The record discloses that the order of the Court of Civil Appeals overruling the motion for rehearing in this cause was made on December 29, 1947. 207 S.W.2d 234. The application for writ of error was filed in that court on January 29, 1948. By the method for computing time prescribed by Rule 4, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, this was thirty-one days after the overruling of the motion for rehearing. By rule 468, formerly Article 1742 of the Revised Statutes, it is required that applications for writs of error shall be filed within thirty days after the overruling of the motion for rehearing. It has long been established that this Court acquires no jurisdiction to consider an application for writ of error filed more than thirty days after the overruling of the motion for rehearing by the Court of Civil Appeals. The question is not one of discretion, but of jurisdiction. Heney v. Davidson, 119 Tex. 451, 32 S.W.2d 452; Ladd-Hannon Oil Corporation v. Tripplehorn, 118 Tex. 195, 13 S.W.2d 666; Texas & Pacific R. Co. v. Perkins, Tex.Com.App., 48 S.W.2d 249.
The application is accordingly dismissed for want of jurisdiction.