Neill v. Brown

On the seventh day of February, A. D., 1853, an Act of the Legislature was passed, to take effect from its passage, by which the time of holding the District Court, for the county of Guadalupe, was changed from the seventh Monday after the first Monday in March, to the sixth Monday. There was a provision for all suits and processes, then issued, to be 'made returnable on the sixth Monday. On the 15th of February, A. D., 1853, the petition was filed, in this case, and the citation issued, same day, citing the defendants, who are the plaintiffs in error, to appear and answer the petition, on…