Stirman v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Henderson. Tried below before Hon. R. A. Reeves. The facts are stated in the Opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Hemphill, Ch. J.
The appellant filed his application on the 5th May, 1858, in the District Court of Henderson county, for a three hundred and twenty acre certificate of land as a settler in Mercer’s Colony, and the evidence being heard the application was refused.
It will not be necessary to consider the facts as a preliminary question on the subject of the jurisdiction of the Court has been raised, which will dispose of the case.
It is urged in this Court, though not suggested below by the appellee, that the District Court has no jurisdiction to hear and determine such applicationsthat the…
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