Case Name: WEAVER v. TAYLOR
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1923-05-19
Citations: 251 S.W. 1117
Docket Number: No. 977
Parties: WEAVER v. TAYLOR.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 251
Pages: 1117–1117

Head Matter:
WEAVER v. TAYLOR.
(No. 977.)
(Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Beaumont.
May 19, 1923.)
Appeal and error <&wkey;766 — Briefs violating Supreme Court rules for briefing not considered.
Briefs violating rules for briefing promulgated by the Supreme Court June 22, 1921 (230 S. W. vii), will not be considered.
Appeal from District Court, Henderson County; W. R. Bishop, Judge:
Suit by W. B. Taylor against Tom Weaver. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
Affirmed.
Miller & Miller, of Athens, for appellant.
W. D. Justice, of Athens, for appellee.

Opinion:
WALKER,, J.
This suit was instituted by appellee against appellant to recover from him the possession of certain described lands. The title to the land was not in issue, nor adjudicated. It conclusively appears, without controversy, that appellee was entitled to the possession on the issue of possession. As the title was not in issue, this conclusion sustains the judgment in favor of appellee. Juneman v. Franklin, 67 Tex. 411, 3 S. W. 562.
We cannot consider appellant's briefs filed in this cause, because they are in gross violation of the new rules for briefing promulgated by the Supreme Court on the 22d day of June, 1921 (230 S. W. vii), and construed by us in Millers Indemnity Co. v. Schrieber, 240 S. W. 963. When an effort, no matter how defective, has been made to comply with the rules, we do not hesitate to give appellant an opportunity to rebrief, and even on the facts of this case, if it reasonably appeared that appellant could show error, we would extend him that privilege; but a careful examination of the record and appellant's briefs shows that no error was committed by the trial court, and that no judgment except in favor of appellee could be sustained.
Affirmed.