Hernandez v. Alamo Motor Co.

299 S.W. 272

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: September 22, 1927
• Docket: No. 2089.
• Status: Published

Opinion

HIGGINS, J.

Appellant brought this suit against the Alamo Motor Company and W. A. Simpson, constable, to enjoin the execution of a judgment by default for $146.15, in favor of said company against appellant. The validity of the judgment was attached upon the ground that appellant had not been served with citation in the suit. A temporary injunction was issued. Upon final hearing a general demurrer to the petition was sustained. Appellant declined to amend; thereupon the suit was dismissed.

No brief by appellant has been filed, but the action of the court upon the demurrer presents a question of fundamental error for which reason the appeal is disposed of upon its merits. Counsel for appellee has submitted an able brief in support of the judgment, which has been of great assistance in the disposition of the appeal.

The petition upon its face discloses that two weeks after the rendition of the judgment appellant became fully advised thereof. This shows that he might have availed himself of the legal remedy by certiorari to vacate the judgment complained of, and no excuse is shown for neglecting so to do. In such eases the settled rule in this state is that relief by injunction against the enforcement of the judgment will be denied. Railway Co. v. Ware, 74 Tex. 47, 11 S. W. 918; Railway Co. v. Wright, 88 Tex. 346, 31 S. W. 614, 31 L. R. A. 200; A. B. Richards Med. Co. v. Johnson (Tex. Civ. App.) 267 S. W. 1067; Southern Surety Co. v. Texas, etc. (Tex. Com. App.) 281 S. W. 1045; A. B. Richards Med. Co. v. Dale (Tex. Civ. App.) 294 S. W. 345; Thacher Med. Co. v. Trammell (Tex. Civ. App.) 279 S. W. 307.

The petition is probably fatally defective in other respects, as pointed out in appellees’ brief, but same need not be discussed, for the authorities cited are conclusive in support of the judgment sustaining the demurrer. •

Affirmed.