Timmins v. Lacy
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Cherokee. The case was tried before Hon. Beübes A. Beeves, one of the district judges. This case introduces a new feature in the history of Texas jurisprudence. There was literally nothing in the laws of the republic in relation to apprentices.
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Appeal from Cherokee. The case was tried before Hon. Beübes A. Beeves, one of the district judges. This case introduces a new feature in the history of Texas jurisprudence. There was literally nothing in the laws of the republic in relation to apprentices. The 44th section of the act of 20th March, 1848, relating to guardians and wards, reads as follows: “When a minor shall have no parents living, and no estate, the chief justice, shall have power, without the appointment of a guardian, to bind out such minor to some suitable person who will undertake the support and education of such minor;…
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, C. J.
It is insisted by appellant, that the judgment in this case should be reversed, for want of jurisdiction of the district court to bring before it, by controrari, the proceedings of the county court apprenticing the minor, Elkin Pope, for its revision and correction. The law under which the action of the county court in this case was had conferred, it is said by appellant, on that court a special and exclusive jurisdiction over the entire subject-matter provided for therein, and that its judgments, or any proceedings had under this law, cannot he reviewed or brought in question, either by…
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