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Texas Government Code - Section 22.220. Civil Jurisdiction

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§ 22.220. CIVIL JURISDICTION.  (a) Each court of appeals 
has appellate jurisdiction of all civil cases within its district 
of which the district courts or county courts have jurisdiction 
when the amount in controversy or the judgment rendered exceeds 
$100, exclusive of interest and costs.
	(b)  If a court of appeals having jurisdiction in a case, 
matter, or controversy that requires immediate action is unable to 
take immediate action because the illness, absence, or 
unavailability of the justices causes fewer than three members of 
the court to be present, the nearest available court of appeals, 
under rules prescribed by the supreme court, may take the action 
required in the case, matter, or controversy.
	(c)  Each court of appeals may, on affidavit or otherwise, as 
the court may determine, ascertain the matters of fact that are 
necessary to the proper exercise of its jurisdiction.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.                    

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