Legal Opinion
Harris County v. Stewart
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 25, 1897No. 518PublishedCited by 109 opinions
Questions certified from Court of Civil Appeals for First District, in an appeal from Harris County.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
The following statement and questions are certified to this court from the Court of Civil Appeals for the First Supreme Judicial District:
“Appellee is City Attorney of the city of Houston, holding his office under the charter of that city, which is a public law of which the courts, are required to take judicial notice. From time to time, there were instituted prosecutions before the City Recorder against persons charged, with the commission of acts which are defined as offenses by the Penal Code of this State and which were misdemeanors of which a Justice of the Peace…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Crawford v. McDonaldTexas Supreme Court · 1895
- State v. MooreTexas Supreme Court · 1882
- Lytle v. HalffCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889
- Blessing v. City of GalvestonTexas Supreme Court · 1874
- Waldo v. WallaceIndiana Supreme Court · 1859
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3Cited by109 opinions
- W.D. Yett, Mayor v. CookTexas Supreme Court · 1926
- Brown v. City of GalvestonTexas Supreme Court · 1903
- Koy v. SchneiderTexas Supreme Court · 1920
- Maud, Tax Collector v. Terrell, ComptrollerTexas Supreme Court · 1918
- Staples v. State Ex Rel. KingTexas Supreme Court · 1922
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