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40 Tex. 502

Forrest v. Rawlings

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1874

Texas Supreme Court · decided 1874-07-01

<p>Appeal from Ellis. Tried below before the Hon. Hardin Hart.</p>

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently February 1908

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Decided 1874-07-01

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Roberts, Chief Justice.

¶1In this case there is no assignment of .errors nor notice of appeal given in the transcript of the record. There is copied in the record what appears to be an entry in short, as if it had been placed on the judge’s docket, as follows:

¶2“ H. H. Rawlings ) v. > “Car Forrest. )

¶3Motion for new trial Sept. 6, 1873.

¶4Í 3 W 2 overruled, •< Deft, except— ( .Appeal.”

¶5From this entry it might be inferred that notice of appeal was given after the overruling the motion for new trial, but that it was not entered in the minutes. Both the order of the court overruling the motion for new trial and the notice of appeal have been omitted.

¶6Such an entry so made cannot be held to be a notice of appeal in open court entered of record.

¶7•Motion to dismiss appeal is sustained.

¶8Dismissed.

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