Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

20 Tex. 491

Thompson v. Alford

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1857

Texas Supreme Court · decided 1857-07-01

Error from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. Thomas J. Devine. On July 26, 1852, L. P. Alford and Wm.

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently October 1927

3 state decisions

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1857-07-01

View the full empirical analysis of this case →

Wheeler, J.

¶1It does not appear .by the record, as counsel suppose, that the cause had been continued at the Spring Term, 1855, before the action taken in the case. If it did so appear, it would be ground for reversing the judgment. There is an entry that the parties appeared and continued the case by consent at the Spring Term, 1854, but no subsequent entry of a continuance appears. The defendant having once appeared, must be deemed to have been in Court, and was bound to take notice of the subsequent proceedings in the cause. We are not aware of any law that required that he should have special notice of the presence of a Judge competent to sit in the case.

¶2There is no error in the judgment, and it is affirmed.

¶3Judgment affirmed.

/20/tex/491 · .json · Public domain