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Wyatt C. Hedrick, Inc. v. Ratcliff

Supreme Court of Texas
Mar 22, 1933
122 Tex. 313 (Tex. 1933)

Opinion

No. 6092.

Decided March 22, 1933.

Certified Question — Practice in Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court will not take jurisdiction to answer a certified question when such question, in effect, submits the whole case and involves consideration of the entire record.

Question certified from Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Tarrant County.

The case was referred to the Commission of Appeals, Section A, for their opinion thereon and the Supreme Court adopted same and ordered it certified in answer to the question.

Certificate dismissed.

Charles Kassel, of Fort Worth, for appellant.

Ratcliff Christian and Hampden Spiller, all of Fort Worth, for appellee.


The Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District has submitted a certificate, in the above case, which, in effect, submits the whole case, involving the consideration of the whole record, to the Supreme Court for decision. It is the settled rule that the Supreme Court will refuse to take jurisdiction in instances of that sort. We recommend that the certificate be dismissed.

The Certificate is dismissed, as recommended by the Commission of Appeals.


Summaries of

Wyatt C. Hedrick, Inc. v. Ratcliff

Supreme Court of Texas
Mar 22, 1933
122 Tex. 313 (Tex. 1933)
Case details for

Wyatt C. Hedrick, Inc. v. Ratcliff

Case Details

Full title:WYATT C. HEDRICK, INC., v. E. R. RATCLIFF

Court:Supreme Court of Texas

Date published: Mar 22, 1933

Citations

122 Tex. 313 (Tex. 1933)
58 S.W.2d 41

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