Guadalupe County v. Wilson County
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Wilson. Tried below before the Hon. Everett. Lewis. Suit brought by the county of Guadalupe against Wilson county for the jurisdiction and control of territory alleged to be a portion of the county of Guadalupe, by an act of the legislature of Texas, passed on the-day of March, 1846, incorporating the county of Guadalupe, etc.; the portion sued for being included within the boundaries of Guadalupe county as then established by said act.
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Appeal from Wilson. Tried below before the Hon. Everett. Lewis. Suit brought by the county of Guadalupe against Wilson county for the jurisdiction and control of territory alleged to be a portion of the county of Guadalupe, by an act of the legislature of Texas, passed on the-day of March, 1846, incorporating the county of Guadalupe, etc.; the portion sued for being included within the boundaries of Guadalupe county as then established by said act. The county of Guadalupe claimed that from and after the date of incorporation, continuously up to the time of suing, said territory constituted an…
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Associate Justice.
This action was brought by Guadalupe county against Wilson county to establish the true boundary line between the two counties, and to enjoin Wilson county from exercising jurisdiction over certain territory claimed to be a part of Gaudalupe county. A plea to the jurisdiction of the court was interposed, which was overruled by the court, after which a trial was had and a judgment rendered in favor of the defendant.
The plea to the jurisdiction should have been sustained and the cause dismissed, for the question was not one for judicial inquiry. There was a law in…
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