Keeling v. St. Louis Southwestern R. Co.

HALE, Justice.

The controlling question presented on this appeal is whether the legal effect of Art. 1970-326 of Vernon’s Tex.Civ.Stats., Acts 1941, 47th Leg., p. 553, ch. 350, was to vest original jurisdiction in matters of eminent domain in the District Court of Navarro County and the presiding judge thereof. If so, the judgment appealed from should be affirmed; otherwise, it should be reversed.

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