Legal Opinion

Jordan v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 27, 1897No. 1124PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of Ellis. Tried below before Hon. J. C. Smith, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction for violation of local option; penalty, afine of $25, and twenty days’ imprisonment in the county jail. No statement necessary.

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of violating the local option law, and prosecutes this appeal. This is a companion case to Kelley v. State, ante p. 220. The questions are the same. Appellant, in addition to the evidence introduced in the Kelley case, introduces the order of the Commissioners’ Court creating School District No. 7. That order did not mention the surveys included within the metes and bounds of said school district. It is urged on account of this omission that said order creating said school district is wholly insufficient for the intended purpose. So far as this case is…

2Cited by14 opinions

  1. Goodwin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
  2. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
  3. Jennings v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
  4. Ellis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
  5. Goodwin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913

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