Case Name: Joe O. WILLIAMS, Relator, v. Hon. W. O. MURRAY, Chief Justice, et al., Respondents
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1961-10-18
Citations: 350 S.W.2d 332
Docket Number: No. A-8656
Parties: Joe O. WILLIAMS, Relator, v. Hon. W. O. MURRAY, Chief Justice, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 350
Pages: 332–333

Head Matter:
Joe O. WILLIAMS, Relator, v. Hon. W. O. MURRAY, Chief Justice, et al., Respondents.
No. A-8656.
Supreme Court of Texas.
Oct. 18, 1961.
Alfred M. Scott, Charles L. Krueger, Austin, for relator.
Joe R. Blalack, Longview, for respondents.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In Williams v. Blalack, Tex.Civ.App., 349 S.W.2d 274, the judgment of the trial court sustaining a plea of privilege was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. Relator, who was appellant in that cause, has now presented to the Supreme Court his motion for leave to file a petition for writ of mandamus to require the Justices of the Court of Civil Appeals to certify questions on the ground that their decision conflicts with the decisions of this Court and other Courts of Civil Appeals.
Article 1821, Vernon's Ann.Tex. Civ.Stat., was amended in 1953 to provide that nothing therein should deprive the Supreme Court of jurisdiction of any case falling within the terms of either Subdivision 1 or Subdivision 2 of Article 1728, Vernon's Ann.Tex.Civ.Stat., and which was brought to the Court of Civil Appeals from an appealable judgment of the trial court. If the decision of the Court of Civil Appeals mentioned above does conflict with a prior decision of another Court of Civil Appeals or the Supreme Court as contended by-relator, the Supreme Court has writ of error jurisdiction of the case. See Brown v. Gulf Television Co., 157 Tex. 607, 306 S.W.2d 706; Hammonds v. Hammonds, 155 Tex. 207, 285 S.W.2d 362; State v. Wynn, 157 Tex. 200, 301 S.W.2d 76. Mandamus will not issue to require certification of questions in a case which can reach us by writ of error. Joseph Zukin of California v. Archer, 150 Tex. 158, 238 S.W.2d 171. The motion for leave to file a petition for writ of mandamus is accordingly overruled.