Scott v. Shine
Texas Supreme Court
Motion in the Supreme Court for rehearing of an application for writ of error by the committee of judges of the Courts of Civil Appeals to whom same had been referred" by the Supreme Court, under the Act of March 15, 1917, for the relief of that court. Mrs. Shine sued Mrs. Scott and another, independent executors of the will of Winfield Scott, deceased, in the District Court of Tarrant County, for damages for personal injuries.
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Motion in the Supreme Court for rehearing of an application for writ of error by the committee of judges of the Courts of Civil Appeals to whom same had been referred" by the Supreme Court, under the Act of March 15, 1917, for the relief of that court. Mrs. Shine sued Mrs. Scott and another, independent executors of the will of Winfield Scott, deceased, in the District Court of Tarrant County, for damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff recovered judgment from which defendants appealed. On affirmance they applied to the Supreme Court for writ of error. The application was referred to the…
1DissentJustice Hawkins
Because of the recent change in the personnel of our Supreme Court I considered as reopened the question as to the constitutionality of the Act of March 15, 1917, H. B. No. 39, Acts 35th Legislature, chapter 76, p. 142, authorizing final disposition, by designated Justices of Courts of Civil Appeals, of referred applications to the Supreme Court for writs of error.. The action of my associates upon this motion impliedly sustains the validity of that statute. San Antonio & A. P. Ry. Co. v. Blair, 108 Texas, 434, 196 S. W., 502, opinion by Chief Justice Phillips. Prom that conclusion and…
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- In re Subdivision Six of Supreme Court Jurisdiction Act of 1917Texas Supreme Court · 1918
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