Hury v. Magee

CIRE, Justice.

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus. Relator, the Criminal District Attorney of Galveston County, asks this court to direct respondent Raymond E. Magee, Judge of County Court No. 1 of Galveston County, to proceed to trial in a case instituted by relator to have a child declared delinquent. Respondent dismissed the petition upon a motion filed by the child’s attorney on the ground that County Court No. 1 lacked jurisdiction to sit as a juvenile court.

Relator urges that County Court No. 1 is vested with juvenile jurisdiction by reason of a constitutional grant. For the…