Opinion
Application No. 22900.
Decided July 14, 1937. Motion No. 13081, for rehearing and to amend, decided December 8, 1937.
1. — Application for Writ of Error — Jurisdiction.
The Supreme Court has no jurisdiction to pass upon application for writ of error which does not comply with the rules.
2. — Motions.
A motion to amend an application for writ of error after the Court has dismissed the application, because it failed to show that motion for rehearing had been filed in the Court of Civil Appeals, comes too late and will be overruled, even though the motion for rehearing was filed after the application was dismissed.
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Tenth District, in an appeal from McLennan County.
Suit by Johnnie Adams to recover on a policy of insurance issued by the Grand Lodge Colored Knights of Pythias of Texas, upon the life of Robert Adams, deceased. Judgment in favor of plaintiff was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals ( 105 S.W.2d 731), and the lodge has brought error to the Supreme Court.
Application dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
Allan V. McDonnell, of Waco, for plaintiff in error.
The opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals in this case is reported in 105 S.W.2d 731.
1 The application for writ of error is dismissed for want of jurisdiction, because it does not comply with subdivision (d) of Rule No. 1 of the rules governing procedure in the Supreme Court, effective January 1, 1931 ( 121 Tex. 745), which requires the application to show that a motion for rehearing was filed in the Court of Civil Appeals presenting the complaints upon which the writ is asked. The Supreme Court has no jurisdiction to consider applications for writs of error not complying with the rule. Leonard Bros. v. Newton, 129 Tex. 1, 101 S.W.2d 223; Knodel v. Equitable Life Ins. Co., (Tex. Com. App.) 221 S.W. 941; Employers' Cas. Co. v. Roland, (Tex. Com. App.) 1 S.W.2d 568; Blackmon v. Train, (Tex. Com. App.) 12 S.W.2d 967.
Opinion delivered July 14, 1937.
ON MOTION FOR REHEARING AND TO AMEND APPLICATION.
2 The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed the judgment of the trial court in this cause. ( 105 S.W.2d 731.) Application for writ of error was dismissed by this Court because the application did not show that a motion for rehearing had been filed in the Court of Civil Appeals, presenting the questions on which the writ was asked, as required by Rule 1 of this Court printed in 121 Tex. 745. ( 107 S.W.2d 355.)
After the application was dismissed for failure to comply with the rule, plaintiff in error filed a motion for rehearing and for leave to amend the application. That motion is now pending here.
It appearing that the motion was filed after the Court had dismissed the application for failure to comply with the requirements of the rule, for the reasons stated in the opinion in the case of H. C. Glenn, Receiver, v. A. V. McCarty, Jr., et al., 130 Tex. 641, 110 S.W.2d 1148, this day announced, the motion for leave to amend the application comes too late, and it is therefore overruled.
Opinion delivered December 8, 1937.