Ex Parte Norton

Relator is under conviction in the Corporation Court of the City of Texarkana for an offense denounced by Art. 1346, P. C., 1925, which offense is within the jurisdiction of the county court but not within the jurisdiction of the justice court, and in which a six months' jail penalty may be assessed.

The validity of the judgment depends upon whether the corporation court had jurisdiction of the subject matter. Such jurisdiction is claimed by the city to come from certain legislative and corporation acts, a resume of which follows:

In the year 1907, the city was, by special act of the…