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.
Spade is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lamb County, Texas, United States. The population was 100 at the 2000 census. To the north of Spade is the Triple Arrow Ranch, a 1,000-acre spread with historic relics owned by Lamb County Commissioner's Court Judge William A. Anderson, Jr. , and his wife, LeNora Jo Thompson.