Case Name: J. W. Howard v. Cicero Jenkins
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1880-06-09
Citations: 1 White & W. 30
Docket Number: No. 1211, Op. Book No. 3, p. 374
Parties: J. W. Howard v. Cicero Jenkins.
Judges: 
Reporter: Condensed Reports of Decisions in Civil Causes in the Court of Appeals (White & Wilson)
Volume: 1
Pages: 30–30

Head Matter:
J. W. Howard v. Cicero Jenkins.
(No. 1211, Op. Book No. 3, p. 374.)
Appeal from Lamar County.
June 9, 1880.

Opinion:
Opinion by
White, P. J.
§ 68. Motion for new trial in justice's court necessary to give jurisdiction on appeal. Under the act of August 18, 1870 [General Laws 15th Leg. p. 172, sec. 3], a county court can only acquire jurisdiction of a case from justice's court after a motion for new trial made and overruled and notice of appeal given in open court in the justice's court.
Reversed and remanded.
Note. — The above is not now the law. See acts 18th Leg. p. 91.