Court Opinion

ID: 9831263
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 20:58:33.736424+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:43:33.261930
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On Motion for Rehearing.
The appellant has filed a very exhaustive and able motion for rehearing, and contends that the court was in error in holding that the record was sufficient' to show either service on or appearance by appellant in trial court.
[6] We have carefully read the motion and the authorities cited by appellant, but cannot agree with its contention. Under appellant’s motion to dissolve the injunction, all the issues raised by appellee’s petition could have been determined. A general appearance is entered whenever the defendant in the trial court invokes the judgment of the court in any way on any guestion other than that of the court’s jurisdiction, without being compelled to do so by previous rulings of the court sustaining the jurisdiction. St. L. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Hale, 109 Tex. 251, 206 S. W. 75; Guaranty State Bank & Trust Co. v. Thompson (Tex. Civ. App.) 195 S. W. 960; Arnold v. Pike (Tex. Civ. App.) 191 S. W. 207.
[7] The court in its judgment recited the fact that the defendant did answer, and there is nothing in the record to challenge said finding or to show same is untrue. The filing of an answer is an appearance. York v. State, 73 Tex. 651, 11 S. W. 869; Industrial Transportation Co. v. White (Tex. Civ. App.) 240 S. W. 1054.
Appellant’s motion for rehearing is overruled.