San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Co. v. Blair
Texas Supreme Court
The application of the San Antonio & Aransas Pass Eailway Company for a writ of error in this case having been refused by the committee of judges from the Courts of Civil Appeals selected by the Supreme Court to pass on such applications, in accordance with the Act of Masch 15, 1917, petitioner moved in the Supreme Court for a hearing on its application by that body, asserting the invalidity of the law under which its application had been referred to and passed on by judges…
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The application of the San Antonio & Aransas Pass Eailway Company for a writ of error in this case having been refused by the committee of judges from the Courts of Civil Appeals selected by the Supreme Court to pass on such applications, in accordance with the Act of Masch 15, 1917, petitioner moved in the Supreme Court for a hearing on its application by that body, asserting the invalidity of the law under which its application had been referred to and passed on by judges of the Courts of Appeals.
1Dissent
DISSENTING OPINION.
■Mr. Justice HAWKINS.
House bill No. 39, entitled “An Act to relieve the crowded condition of the dockets of the Supreme Court,” etc., hereinafter called relief Act, was passed by the Thirty-fifth Legislature, and approved March 15, 1917, effective immediately. Acts 1917, chapter 72, page 142. Shortly afterward, treating said statute as valid, and without then writing upon the subject, our Supreme Court, acting as a court, this writer dissenting, undertook to put it into operation, thereby, in effect, upholding its constitutionality. San Antonio & Aransas Pass Ky. Co. v.…
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