Donny-Joe Curry v. Bobby D. and Dorothy Reed ( 2004 )


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  • 11th Court of Appeals

    Eastland, Texas

    Memorandum Opinion

     

    Donny-Joe Curry

                Appellant

    Vs.                  No. 11-04-00002-CV - Appeal from Callahan County

    Bobby D. and Dorothy Reed

                Appellees

     

                Donny-Joe Curry is attempting to appeal from the December 29, 2003, judgment of $750 against him entered by Justice of the Peace Steve Odom in Cause No. 288. Curry completed a pro se notice of appeal and an affidavit of inability to pay the required appeal bond for an appeal to the county court. The documents were inadvertently filed in this court on January 5, 2004.

                TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 51.001 (Vernon 1997) and TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 26.042 (Vernon Supp. 2004) provide that the county court has appellate jurisdiction in judgments from the justice courts where the amount in controversy exceeds $20. See also TEX.R.CIV.P. 571 - 574b. This court has jurisdiction in direct appeals from judgments entered by a district or county court. TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.220 (Vernon 1988). Therefore, jurisdiction in this appeal lies in the Callahan County Court. 

                The appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

     

                                                                                                    PER CURIAM

     

    January 8, 2004

    Not designated for publication. See TEX.R.APP.P. 47.2(a).

    Panel consists of: Arnot, C.J., and

    Wright, J., and McCall, J.

Document Info

Docket Number: 11-04-00002-CV

Filed Date: 1/8/2004

Precedential Status: Precedential

Modified Date: 9/10/2015