Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Hanscom
Texas Supreme Court
Decided January 25, 1897PublishedCited by 47 opinions
Error to Court of Civil Appeals, First District, on writ of error from Galveston County. The suit was brought by Johnson, and the trial court rendered judgment for the defendant. Plaintiff thereupon brought it, by writ of error, before the Court of Civil Appeals, where the judgment was affirmed. His application for writ of error to the Supreme Court ‘was first dismissed—afterwards, on motion for rehearing, granted.
1Opinion of the Court
The nature of this suit is stated as follows by the Court of Civil Appeals:
"This was a proceeding instituted by the relator, Marsene Johnson, in the District Court of Galveston County, Texas, February 17, 1894, against S.S. Hanscom, as judge of the County Court of Galveston County, to compel him to execute and deliver, as such officer, to the relator, a warrant in favor of the latter upon the treasurer of said county for the sum of $203.40, alleged to be due and owing him by Galveston County for costs and fees earned by the relator and collected by said county in certain enumerated cases…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Kendall v. United States Ex Rel. StokesSupreme Court of the United States · 1838
- Virginia v. RivesSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Jackson Ex Dem. Astor v. CraneSupreme Court of the United States · 1831
- Taylor v. WilliamsTexas Supreme Court · 1863
- Dean v. State Ex Rel. BaileyTexas Supreme Court · 1895
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3Cited by47 opinions
- W.D. Yett, Mayor v. CookTexas Supreme Court · 1926
- Koy v. SchneiderTexas Supreme Court · 1920
- Harris County v. StewartTexas Supreme Court · 1897
- Lawson v. BakerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
- De Witt County v. WischkemperTexas Supreme Court · 1902
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