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.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Phillips
This motion assails the constitutionality of the recent Act of the Legislature (Acts of 1917, chapter 76, p. 142), authorizing the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or any two of the justices thereof, to designate a committee of three of the justices of the Courts of Civil Appeals, empowered to pass upon petitions for writs of error seeking a review of causes by the Supreme Court, except in certain classes of cases, referred to them by the Supreme Court, and grant or refuse the writ, or dismiss the petition, in accordance with the practice of the Supreme Court. It is urged that on account…
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