Case Name: RICHARDSON v. HETHCOCK
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1915-02-10
Citations: 173 S.W. 1006
Docket Number: No. 5416
Parties: RICHARDSON v. HETHCOCK.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 173
Pages: 1006–1007

Head Matter:
RICHARDSON v. HETHCOCK.
(No. 5416.)
(Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. San Antonio.
Feb. 10, 1915.)
Courts <@=>170 — Jurisdiction — Counts-Courts — Petition.
In a suit in the county court on a note for $296, the failure of the petition to allege the value of the mules and horse on which a lien was sought to be foreclosed, which might have been more than $1,000, and consequently not within the court’s jurisdiction, was fatal to the suit.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Courts, Cent. Dig. § 427; Dec. Dig. @=170.]
Appeal from Atascosa County Court; Walter E. Jones, Judge.
Suit by S. B. Hethcock against D. O. Richardson. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
Reversed and remanded.
Leonard Brown, of San Antonio, for appellant.

Opinion:
FLY, C. J.
This is a suit in the county court on a note, and to foreclose a lien on personal property, instituted by appellee against appellant. The trial resulted in a judgment for the amount sued for and a foreclosure of the lien.
The petition alleges the amount sued for to be $296.43, and seeks to foreclose a lien on "one pair large dark colored mules known as the Burris mules, one pair of small mules, and one bay horse." The value of the mules and horse is not alleged, and it may have been more than $1,000, and consequently not within the jurisdiction of the county court. The authorities hold that a failure to allege the value of the property on which a foreclosure is sought in the county court is fatal to the suit. Ware v. Clark, 125 S. W. 618; Stricklin v. Arrington, 141 S. W. 189; Wilson v. Ford, 159 S. W. 73; Marshall v. Stowers, 167 S. W. 230.
The judgment is reversed, and the cause remanded.
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