Case Name: MILLER v. BURROW
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1912-04-10
Citations: 146 S.W. 958
Docket Number: 
Parties: MILLER v. BURROW.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 146
Pages: 958–959

Head Matter:
MILLER v. BURROW.
(Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Austin.
April 10, 1912.)
Justices oe the Peace (§ 145*) — Counts' Courts in Texas — Jurisdiction on Appeal.
Where the original cross-action filed by defendant in the justice court did not involve more than $200, the county court had, on appeal, jurisdiction to entertain an amended pleading asserting the cross-action.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Justices of the Peace, Cent. Dig. §§' 479-489; Dec. Dig. § 145.*]
Error from Lee County Court; John H. Tate, Judge.
Action by W. A. Miller against T. E. Burrow. On appeal from a justice court, a judgment was rendered for defendant on his cross-action, and plaintiff brings error.
Affirmed.
Wm. O. Bowers, of Giddings, for plaintiff in error. Watson & Simmang, of Gid-dings, for defendant in error.

Opinion:
KEY, C. J.
Tire plaintiff in error instituted tbis suit in a justice of the peace court, but it was finally tried in the county court; where it resulted in a verdict and judgment against the plaintiff and for the defendant for damages on his cross-action. The plaintiff has brought the case to this court; and, while the brief filed in his behalf is not, in some respects, in conformity with the rules, as contended by the defendant's counsel, still we have considered the two assignments of error, in connection with the transcript, and have reached the conclusion that no error has been assigned.
As we construe the cross-action filed by the defendant in the justice's court, it did not involve more than $200, as contended on behalf of the plaintiff, and therefore the court had jurisdiction to entertain the amended pleading filed in the county court asserting the cross-action. All the questions presented have been duly considered, and, finding no error, the judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed.