State v. Jones
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Goliad. Tried below before the Hon. James Webb. Indictment of appellee, as overseer of a road, for failing to Peep the road in repair. Exception on the ground that the road was one of the streets of the town of Goliad, and was not under the jurisdiction of the County Court.
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Appeal from Goliad. Tried below before the Hon. James Webb. Indictment of appellee, as overseer of a road, for failing to Peep the road in repair. Exception on the ground that the road was one of the streets of the town of Goliad, and was not under the jurisdiction of the County Court. Agreement as follows: It is agreed in this case, that the Town Council of the town of Goliad, in laying off the town proper of Goliad, in the year A. D. 1847, surveyed and located a certain street called Fannin street, extending not only through said town proper, but also, to the eastern boundary of the town…
1Opinion of the Court
Hemphill, Ch. J.
This was an indictment against an Overseer of a road for neglecting to repair it. There was a demurrer to the indictment, on several grounds ; one of which was, that the road described in the indictment, and the unrepaired parts thereof as alleged, lie within thq corporate limits of the town of Goliad of said county, and that the County Court had no control over the same or the right to appoint Overseers within said limits.' Whether the County Court or Town Council had jurisdiction was the only question about which there was a contest in the case, and that this might be…
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