Case Name: SMITH et al. v. BACHMAN et al.
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1911-04-22
Citations: 136 S.W. 1154
Docket Number: 
Parties: SMITH et al. v. BACHMAN et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 136
Pages: 1154–1154

Head Matter:
SMITH et al. v. BACHMAN et al.
(Court of Civil Appeals of Texas.
April 22, 1911.)
Appeal and Ebror (§ 782 ) — Dismissal—Insufficient Showing op Jurisdiction.
An appeal from a judgment of a county court dismissing certiorari to review a justice’s judgment in an action on a note for $74.30 and to foreclose a chattel mortgage will be dismissed, for lack of showing of appellate jurisdiction, where the value of the mortgaged property is not shown.
[Ed. Note. — Eor other cases, see Appeal and Error, Cent. Dig. §§ 3123, 3124; Dec. Dig. § 782. ]
Appeal from Jones County Court; Jas. P. Stinson, Judge.
Action by A. B. Bachman and another against L.' D. Smith. From a judgment dismissing certiorari proceedings to review a justice’s judgment, Ethel Smith and her husband appeal.
Appeal dismissed.
S. J. T. Smith, for appellants. J. W. Boynton and Randel & Chambers, for ap-pellees.
For otter cases see same topic and section NUMBER in Dec. Dig. & Am. Dig. Key No. Series & Rep’r Indexes

Opinion:
SPEER, J.
A. B. and J. A. Bachman sued D. L. Smith in the justice's court of precinct' No. 1, Jones county, to recover on a promissory note for the principal sum of $74.30, together with interest and attorney's fees, and for a foreclosure of a chattel mortgage lien on certain personal property. The justice of the peace rendered judgment for the plaintiffs, and the defendant's wife, joined by her husband, sued out a writ of certiorari to the county court, where, upon motion of plaintiffs, the certiorari proceedings were dismissed, and from this judgment the defendants have appealed.
We cannot inquire into the merits of the appeal, inasmuch as there is nothing in the record to indicate that we have jurisdiction over the appeal. Clearly the amount of the note is not sufficient to confer jurisdiction, and the value of the property upon which the chattel mortgage is sought to be foreclosed is nowhere alleged.
The appeal is therefore dismissed.