Court Opinion

ID: 9775566
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 19:03:53.278818+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:32:28.929502
License: Public Domain

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
Appellant in her motion for rehearing asserts that we were in error in holding that she did not challenge the finding of the trial court to the' effect that the decedent was the biological father of Freddy Cooper Lovejoy, Freddrick Lillie and Mary Elizabeth Lillie. To support this contention appellant relies upon the third paragraph of her requested conclusions of law contained in her request for additional findings of fact and conclusions of law.
Appellant has mistaken such holding to refer to a challenge in the trial court. To clarify the holding we now specifically state that such holding was in reference to no challenge of such finding of fact on appeal.
The finding of fact, here in controversy, made by the trial court was not challenged by appellant in her brief on appeal. The question was not preserved. Therefore, the assignment of error has been abandoned and cannot be considered by this court, where, as here, no fundamental error appears. It is necessary that material findings of fact be challenged by appropriate points in appellant’s brief or else the appellant is bound by the findings of fact. Since this finding of fact has not been challenged by any point of error, it stands as the proven facts in this case. Accordingly, this court has no jurisdiction to go behind these findings and must accept them as supported by the evidence. McBurnett v. Gordon, 534 S.W.2d 370 (Tex.Civ.App.—Beaumont 1976, writ ref’d n. r. e.); Slayton v. White, 487 S.W.2d 204 (Tex.Civ.App.—Tyler 1972, writ ref’d n. r. e.); State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Cowley, 468 S.W.2d 353 (Tex.1971); Cortez v. Cortez, 457 S.W.2d 131, 133 (Tex.Civ.App.—San Antonio 1970, n. w. h.); Bickler v. Bickler, 403 S.W.2d 354, 361 (Tex.1966); Waters v. King, 353 S.W.2d 326, 328 (Tex.Civ.App.—*505Dallas 1961, n. w. h.); Colorado River Western Ry. v. Texas & New Orleans Railroad Co., 283 S.W.2d 768, 771 (Tex.Civ.App.—Austin 1955, writ ref’d n. r. e.); Thompson v. Larry Lightner, Inc., 230 S.W.2d 831 (Tex.Civ.App.—San Antonio 1950, writ ref’d n. r. e.).
Appellant’s motion and amended motion for rehearing are respectfully overruled.