Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Texas Attorney General Reports
Decided June 12, 1978Published
1Opinion of the Court
Honorable John W. La Grone Hutchinson County Attorney P. O. Box 985 Borger, Texas 79007
Re: Whether a justice of the peace may maintain his office in an adjoining precinct within the same city.
Dear Mr. La Grone:
You have requested our opinion regarding whether a justice of the peace may maintain his office in an adjoining precinct within the same city.
Prior to 1967, article 2377, V.T.C.S., was construed to permit one justice of the peace to perform the duties of another justice only within the boundaries of the former's precinct. Attorney General Opinion H-671 (1975); Stewart v. Smallwood, 102…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Stewart v. SmallwoodCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1907
- Harrington v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1939
- Commonwealth v. SmailSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
- Newbill v. HendricksUtah Supreme Court · 1949
- Altergott Furn. Co. v. O'ConnorMissouri Court of Appeals · 1928
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