Ex parte Blumer
Texas Supreme Court
The applicant is a native of Glarus, in the Republic of Switzerland ; he came to Texas, on business, in 1854, and remained here a few months, when he returned again to his native home in Switzerland ; a portion of the time he was in Texas, he worked as a day laborer for R. H. Peck, at the butcher business.
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The applicant is a native of Glarus, in the Republic of Switzerland ; he came to Texas, on business, in 1854, and remained here a few months, when he returned again to his native home in Switzerland ; a portion of the time he was in Texas, he worked as a day laborer for R. H. Peck, at the butcher business. In December, 1858, he again left home to come to Texas, traveling by way of Paris, Havre—passing through New York on the 7th day of June, 1859—and New Orleans, stopping at these and other places, and arriving in Texas on the 24th day of June, 1861. He was sick when he reached here, and…
1Opinion of the CourtRoberts, C. J.
Vattel, page 160, sec. 213, 218, 219, p. 160-1-2; Bruce v. Bruce, 2d Bos & Puller, 229, and note; The Venus, 8th Cranch, 279; Story’s Conflict of Laws, sec. 48, 49, 53, &c.; 1st Binney, 350, and note; Ennis v. Smith, 14th Howard, 428; Ex parte Thompson, 1 Wend., 46; Read v. Drake, decided by Judge W. P. Hill, in November, 1864; Remarks of Sec’y Marcy in the Koszta case, in Messages and Pub. Doc., 1854-5, part I, page 40-45; Murray v. The Charming Betsy, 1 & 2 Cranch, 143; Wheaton’s Elements of International Law, 370 and 394 to 405; 1 Black. Com., 366; Kilburn v. Bennett, 13 Metcalf, 20;…
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