Burke v. Mathews
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Harris. Tried below before the Hon. James Masterson. There is no occasion for a statement of the facts.
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
Were this ease before us for the first time, we should give all due attention to the able argument and brief of appellant’s counsel. But should the court find it necessary to overrule the opinion rendered in January, 1870, at Galveston, we think it must be in some other case.
This ease was then decided, and remanded to the District Court. It has been tried in that court, in strict compliance with the law, as stated in the opinion of the Chief Justice. Whether that opinion was strictly authorized by the pleadings in the case, or not, is a matter which we do not now propose to examine. The same…
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