Salinas v. Stillman
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Nueces. Tried below before the Hon. James Webb. This was a suit brought by Antonio Salinas against Charles Stillman, Elisha Basse, Robert H. Herd, and several others, in the county of Cameron, on the 10th day of March, 1851, for a labor of land in said county, embracing a portion of the city of Brownsville, the county seat of said county.
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Error from Nueces. Tried below before the Hon. James Webb. This was a suit brought by Antonio Salinas against Charles Stillman, Elisha Basse, Robert H. Herd, and several others, in the county of Cameron, on the 10th day of March, 1851, for a labor of land in said county, embracing a portion of the city of Brownsville, the county seat of said county. At the Fall Term, 1853, the defendants filed a motion to change the venue to the nearest adjoining county free from the objections set forth in the affidavit accompanying the motion, made by six disinterested citizens. The affidavit stated that, a…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, C. J.
It does not appear from the record that the *15application for a continuance was brought to the notieqof the court. There is no ruling upon it for the court to revise. ‘ rulings of the court presented by the record' for revision are, 1st, the awarding of a change of venue; 2d, permitting the jury to be recalled to reform their verdict.
We are of opinion that the court did not err in awarding a change of venue. It is unnecessary to consider, in this case, how far the ruling of the court upon an application for a change of venue in civil cases, is properly subject to revision by this court. The…
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