Williamson v. Lane
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Harrison. Tried below before the Hon. A. J. Booty. Suit instituted in the District Court of Harrison county, by George Lane, appellee, to contest the election of J. B. Williamson, appellant, to the office of county judge of Harrison county, at a general election held therein for State and county officers, Hovember 5,1878. Amongst other matters, Lane claimed that all the votes cast at what is called Roy’s box, in the city of Marshall, were illegal and void, and…
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Appeal from Harrison. Tried below before the Hon. A. J. Booty. Suit instituted in the District Court of Harrison county, by George Lane, appellee, to contest the election of J. B. Williamson, appellant, to the office of county judge of Harrison county, at a general election held therein for State and county officers, Hovember 5,1878. Amongst other matters, Lane claimed that all the votes cast at what is called Roy’s box, in the city of Marshall, were illegal and void, and that by reason thereof they should not be counted; that if those votes claimed by appellee to he illegal be not counted,…
1Opinion of the Court
Moore, Chief Justice.
The proceeding brought before,the court by this appeal was instituted in the District Court, or before the judge thereof, by the appellee, George Lane, to contest the election of appellant, J. B. Williamson, to the office of county judge of Harrison county, at a general election for State and county officers held Hovember 5, 1878.
By the present Constitution of the State, the jurisdiction of this court is limited “to civil cases of which the District Courts have original or appellate jurisdiction.” (Const. art. 5, sec. 3.) To justify, then, this court in taking…
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