Practicing in the Appellate Courts is for the purpose of reviewing trial court judgments to correct of errors committed by the trial court, development of the law, achieve a uniform approach across courts, and the pursuit of justice, more generally. Appellate courts are not a forum to make a new case, but instead they determine if the rulings and judgment of the court below were made correctly.
Brookeland is an unincorporated community in southwestern Sabine and northwestern Jasper Counties in the Deep East region of the U.S. state of Texas. It is located thirteen miles south of Bronson on U.S. Highway 96. It has a population of approximately 300. The Brookeland Independent School District serves area students.