Case Name: LINN MOTOR CO. v. SABINE DEVELOPMENT CO.
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1939-04-06
Citations: 127 S.W.2d 502
Docket Number: No. 3439
Parties: LINN MOTOR CO. v. SABINE DEVELOPMENT CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 127
Pages: 502–502

Head Matter:
LINN MOTOR CO. v. SABINE DEVELOPMENT CO.
No. 3439.
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Beaumont.
April 6, 1939.
George Sonfield, of Beaumont, for appellant (on appeal only).
Fred A. White, of Port Arthur, for ap-pellee.

Opinion:
WALKER, Chief Justice.
This appeal was prosecuted from the County Court of Jefferson County, at Law, Jefferson County. Appellant's demand, as plaintiff, on a promissory note, against appellee, as defendant, exceeded $1,-000. Appellee answered by pleas of general demurrer, general denial, fraud, cancellation of the note sued upon, and for $300 damages. On trial to a jury, judgment was for appellee for the relief prayed for. Since the amount in controversy exceeded the jurisdiction of the County Court, the judgment of the lower court must be reversed and the case dismissed. Constitution of Texas, Art. 5, sec. 16, Vernon's Ann.St. The dismissal will be at cost of appellant. Consumers' Fertilizer Company v. J. M. Badt & Co., Tex.Civ.App., 157 S.W. 226; Murray v. Snodgrass, Tex.Civ.App., 71 S.W.2d 1110; Wadsworth v. Chick, Administrator, 55 Tex. 241; Beaumont Majestic Company v. Berwick, Tex.Civ.App., 87 S.W.2d 1116; Griffay v. Robbins, Tex.Civ.App., 91 S.W.2d 1160; North Texas Coach Co. v. Morten, Tex.Civ.App., 92 S.W.2d 263; Janes v. Busby, Tex.Civ.App., 93 S.W.2d 788.
Judgment reversed and the case dismissed.