Court Opinion

ID: 9776523
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 19:38:33.089519+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:32:39.382595
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HOWELL, Justice,
dissenting.
Again, I dissent. This Court may not avoid the jurisdictional issue. As indicated in the previous dissent of the writer, it should sustain our jurisdiction to consider the second motion for rehearing that has been presented to us. What this Court may not do is by-pass the jurisdictional issue.
A court without jurisdiction may not act. 16 TEX.JUR.3d Courts § 32. A court must always assure itself that its jurisdiction is proper whenever and however its jurisdiction comes into question. Id. § 33. Jurisdictional questions must even be noticed by a court on its own motion. Id. Moreover, jurisdiction may not be conferred by agreement of the parties. Id. § 35.
Neither is it proper for a Texas court to render advisory or hypothetical opinions. California Products, Inc. v. Puretex Lemon Juice, Inc., 160 Tex. 586, 334 S.W.2d 780 (1960). Until our jurisdiction is established, we should not address the second motions now before us.
I therefore dissent from the Court’s most recent opinion. I express no opinion on the merits of the motions now before the court.