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Morton Salt Co. v. Keele

Supreme Court of Texas
May 25, 1927
116 Tex. 508 (Tex. 1927)

Opinion

Application No. 15319.

Decided May 25, 1927.

1. — Evidence — Compromise With Similar Claimant.

Refusing writ of error, the court declined to approve the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals that certain evidence on the trial was admissible. (The suit was by the owner of land for damages by overflow. The evidence admitted was that of a tenant of plaintiff that defendant had settled with him for damages by the same cause.) (P. 509).

2. — Jurisdiction of Supreme Court — Evidence.

Error in admission of evidence will not support jurisdiction in the Supreme Court where the judgment of affirmance did not turn on the correctness of the ruling admitting it. National Compress Co. v. Hamlin, 114 Tex. 380, followed. (P. 509).

Application for writ of error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Van Zandt County.

The salt company appealed from a judgment recovered against it by Keele, and on affirmance ( 293 S.W. 224) applied for writ of error.

J. S. Terry and S.W. Marshall, for petitioner.


While we are not prepared to agree with the Court of Civil Appeals that the testimony of Mrs. Ballard was admissible, yet since we cannot say that the judgment turned on this evidence we have no jurisdiction, and the application is therefore dismissed. National Compress Co. v. Hamlin, 114 Tex. 380.


Summaries of

Morton Salt Co. v. Keele

Supreme Court of Texas
May 25, 1927
116 Tex. 508 (Tex. 1927)
Case details for

Morton Salt Co. v. Keele

Case Details

Full title:MORTON SALT COMPANY v. R. D. KEELE

Court:Supreme Court of Texas

Date published: May 25, 1927

Citations

116 Tex. 508 (Tex. 1927)
294 S.W. 1107