(a) An appellant’s brief on appeal from a municipal court of record must present points of error in the manner required by law for a brief on appeal to the court of appeals.
(b) The appellant must file the brief with the appellate court clerk not later than the 15th day after the date on which the clerk’s record and reporter‘s record are filed with that clerk. The appellant or the appellant’s attorney must certify that the brief has been properly mailed to the appellee.

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Terms Used In Texas Government Code 30.00021

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).

(c) The appellee must file the appellee’s brief with the appellate court clerk not later than the 15th day after the date on which the appellant’s brief is filed.
(d) Each party, on filing the party’s brief with the appellate court clerk, shall deliver a copy of the brief to the opposing party and to the municipal judge.
(e) The record and the briefs on appeal shall be limited as far as possible to the questions relied on for reversal.