Case Name: FATHERREE v. PICKENS
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1916-10-11
Citations: 188 S.W. 947
Docket Number: No. 5713
Parties: FATHERREE v. PICKENS.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 188
Pages: 947–948

Head Matter:
FATHERREE v. PICKENS.
(No. 5713.)
(Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. San Antonio.
Oct. 11, 1916.)
1. Appeal and Ekkor <S=>1171(2) — Review— Teivial Amounts.
An error of 30 cents in a judgment is too trivial an amount to warrant the appellate court in considering it.
[Ed. Note. — Eor other cases, see Appeal and Error, Cent. Dig. §§ 4547, 4548; Dec. Dig. <§=» 1171(2).]
2. Costs <@=231r — On Appeal — Modification op Judgment.
Where through errors in computation a judgment for plaintiff was too large, and all of the excess except 30 cents was cured by remittitur, costs of an appeal by defendant will be taxed against Mm, though the appellate court reduced the judgment.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Costs, Cent. Dig. §§ 892-899; Dec. Dig. @=234.]
Appeal from Zavala County Court; O. A. Stubbs, Judge.
Action by R. A. Pickens against W. T. Fath-erree. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
Affirmed.
Geo. C. Herman, of Batesville, for appellant. M. L. I-Iarkey, of Crystal City, and G. B. Penley, of Uvalde, for appellee.

Opinion:
PLY, C. J.
This is an appeal from a judgment on a promissory note; the only error really presented being that appellee recovered 30 cents more interest than he was entitled to. No effort was made to correct the error in the amount of the interest when a remittitur was made of an excess in the judgment. The amount is too trivial and insignificant for an appellate court to be devoting its time and attention to it. Withers v. Patterson, 27 Tex. 491, 86 Am. Dec. 643.
The judgment was by default on a debt that was evidenced by a promissory note, and the error in the amount of the judgment arose from a credit on the note being •overlooked. The motion for new trial was .sought on the ground of the excess, and it was promptly cured by a remittitur of all excess except 30 cents. The remittitur was properly allowed, and, if this court desired to reduce the judgment by 30 cents, judgment for costs of appeal would still be rendered against appellant.
The judgment is affirmed.
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