Watkins v. Davis
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Dallas. Tried below before the Hon. Geo. K. Aldredge. March 11, 1881, appellee Davis brought this suit of trespass to try title to recover one and one-half acres of land described in the petition, claiming the same through a judgment rendered in a justice court against appellant Kovember 29, 1880, in favor of one Tice, and execution, levy, sale and purchase by virtue thereof.
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Appeal from Dallas. Tried below before the Hon. Geo. K. Aldredge. March 11, 1881, appellee Davis brought this suit of trespass to try title to recover one and one-half acres of land described in the petition, claiming the same through a judgment rendered in a justice court against appellant Kovember 29, 1880, in favor of one Tice, and execution, levy, sale and purchase by virtue thereof. Appellant claimed that the property was her homestead and exempt from forced sale; and further, that she was not in fact served with citation, and had no other notice of the pendency of the suit. Verdict and…
1Opinion of the Court
Watts, J. Com. App.—
As now organized all of our courts are limited in their respective jurisdiction as to the subject matter upon which they may each adjudicate, as well as to the division of judicial powers among them. Still they were all created and their respective judicial powers apportioned by the constitution. And, while acting within the scope of the jurisdiction thus conferred, they cannot be considered strictly as inferior courts of special jurisdiction, in favor of whose proceedings no presumptions of regularity will be indulged. Guilford v. Love, 49 Tex., 715.
However, that…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Guilford v. LoveTexas Supreme Court · 1878
- H. Schneider & Bro. v. BrayTexas Supreme Court · 1883
- Watkins v. BlatschinskiWisconsin Supreme Court · 1876
- Kessler v. DraubTexas Supreme Court · 1880
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- Hoffman v. LoveCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1973
- Hutchenrider v. SmithTexas Commission of Appeals · 1922
- Freiberg, Klein & Co. v. WalzemTexas Supreme Court · 1892
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