Munson v. Newson
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Washington. Munson filed his petition in tlie County Court of Washington county to September Term, 1831, alleging that lie had been appointed guardian of Albert and Ann Jordan, minor heirs of Stephen Jordan, deceased, by (he County Court of Burleson county, at tlie April Term, 1851, of said conn ; that Newson, tlie defendant, at tlie September Term, 1850, of said ('minty Court- of Washington county, had obtained letters of guardianship of said minors, and by…
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Appeal from Washington. Munson filed his petition in tlie County Court of Washington county to September Term, 1831, alleging that lie had been appointed guardian of Albert and Ann Jordan, minor heirs of Stephen Jordan, deceased, by (he County Court of Burleson county, at tlie April Term, 1851, of said conn ; that Newson, tlie defendant, at tlie September Term, 1850, of said ('minty Court- of Washington county, had obtained letters of guardianship of said minors, and by virtue of said appointment was then seeking to obtain possession and control of tlie property of said minors; that at the…
1Opinion of the Court
HeMphill, Cii. J.
It is very clear that the County Court of Washington county liad no authority to grant tire letters of guardianship now sought to be revoked. The rniuors, on the intermarriage of their mother with the appellant, had removed to Burleson county, and have since continued to reside there. The appointment of their guardians pertained to the jurisdiction of the chief justice of the latter and not of the former county. The statute of 1S4S, in several of its provisions, declares in effect that the guardianship of minors is within the special cognizance of the chief justices of the…
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