Texas Supreme Court

Yusuf Sultan, D/b/a U.S. Carpet and Floors, Petitioner v. Savio Mathew, Respondent

November 18, 200549 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 97

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court held that courts of appeals lack jurisdiction to review judgments of county courts or county courts at law that arise from a de novo appeal of a small claims court judgment, affirming the Court of Appeals' dismissal for want of jurisdiction. Justice HECHT, dissenting, argued that such appeals should be permissible.