Case Name: FREEMAN v. BURROWS et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1943-05-26
Citations: 171 S.W.2d 863
Docket Number: No. 8087
Parties: FREEMAN v. BURROWS et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 171
Pages: 863–864

Head Matter:
FREEMAN v. BURROWS et al.
No. 8087.
Supreme Court of Texas.
May 26, 1943.
Rehearing Denied June 23, 1943.
B. N. Richards, of Dalhart, for appellant.
R. E. Stalcup, of Dalhart, and Wallace Hughes, of Guyman, Okla., for appellees.

Opinion:
CRITZ, Justice.
The opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals, which is not published, correctly shows that, pending this appeal in that court, all matters in controversy in this cause became moot. Because of this fact that court dismissed this appeal, thereby leaving the judgment of the district court in full force. This order was erroneous. When a cause becomes moot on appeal, all previous orders and judgments should be set aside and the cause, not merely the appeal, dismissed. Iles v. Walker, C.J., et al., 132 Tex. 6, 120 S.W.2d 418; Texas & N. O. R. Co. et al. v. Priddie, 127 Tex. 629, 95 S.W.2d 1290; Tarpley v. Epperson, 125 Tex. 63, 79 S.W.2d 1081; Danciger Oil & Ref. Co. of Texas v. Railroad Commission of Texas, 122 Tex. 243, 56 S.W.2d 1075.
It is ordered that the judgments of the Court of Civil Appeals and district court in this cause be reversed and set aside, and this cause is dismissed without prejudice to the rights of any party hereto.