Legal Opinion
Eustis v. City of Henrietta
Texas Supreme Court
Decided December 21, 1896PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Certificate of dissent from Court of Civil Appeals for Second District, in an appeal from Clay County. The certificate in question was to the correctness of the order, which is copied in the opinion, and was accompanied by certified copies of the majority and of the dissenting opinions.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
This case is brought to this court upon a certificate of dissent; but, as the questions are presented, we are of opinion that we should decline to exercise the jurisdiction of determining them.
The articles of the Revised Statutes which confer jurisdiction upon the court over questions upon which the judges of the Court of Civil Appeals may be divided in opinion read as follows:
“Art. 1040. When any one of said Courts of Civil Appeals shall in any cause or proceeding render a decision in which any one of the judges therein sitting shall dissent as to any conclusions of law…
2Cited by2 opinions
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