Court Opinion

ID: 9830656
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 20:21:57.036396+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:32:30.666357
License: Public Domain

On Motion for Rehearing.
In its motion for rehearing, appel-lee for the first time urges as fundamental error the action of the trial court in overruling its oral motion, made during the progress of the trial, to declare a mistrial on the ground that Payton’s testimony showed that the Federal Land Bank of Houston held a note against his land; that it was therefore a necessary party; and that no final judgment could be rendered in this suit unless and until it were made a party. There were no pleadings to this effect, and appellee now urges it as fundamental error.
If it be conceded that fundamental error is shown, which question we find it unnecessary to determine, the question has now been rendered moot. In reply to the motion, appellant, by extraneous proof, has shown to this court .that since the trial of this case and its submission in this court bn appeal, Payton has paid to the Federal Land Bank his indebtedness to it and fully discharged its claim. A reversal merely to make the Federal Land Bank a party upon another trial, when it is now neither a necessary nor proper party would consequently be useless. See 3 Tex. Jur., Secs. 24, 25, pps. 68-71, and authorities there cited. The motion is therefore overruled.
Overruled.