Court Opinion

ID: 9833622
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 22:53:40.77328+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:44:05.238223
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On Motion for Rehearing.
Appellant calls attention to a statement in appellee’s brief “that the Justice Court, after defendant’s Plea of Privilege was overruled, proceeded to trial on the merits.’’
This admission by appellee cannot aid appellant for the appeal must be disposed of ■upon the record. The admission contradicts the record which this court must accept as correct. 3 Tex. Jur., Appeal and Error, §§ 308 and 557; Central P. & L. Co. v. Willacy County (Tex. Civ. App.) 14 S.W.(2d) 102; Sanchez v. Ry. Co. (Tex. Civ. App.) 90 S. W. 689, and other oases cited in notes to above-cited sections in Texas Jurisprudence.
Our ruling is not in; conflict with those cases which hold that in the discretion of the court a plea of privilege may be heard in connection with the hearing upon the merits. Gilmer v. Graham (Tex. Com. App.) 52 S.W.(2d) 263; Wichita M. & E. Co. v. Simpson (Tex. Civ. App.) 227 S. W. 352.
Such action, under the direction of the trial court, is very different from a case where the one pleading his privilege voluntarily proceeds to trial upon the merits without first invoking a ruling upon his plea.
D.ue consideration has been given other matters presented in the motion for rehearing, but we adhere to our original ruling and think the question calls for no further discussion.
The motion for rehearing is overruled,