Hall v. Keese
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Caldwell. The case was tried before Hon. J. J. Thornton, one of the district judges. These cases, like several others found in the volumes of this Reporter, in coming ages, will be referred to as a chapter in the history of great events. Bead in connection with Bishop v. Jones & Petty, 28 Tex., 294; the Sequestration Cases, 30 Tex., 688; the Stay-Law Cases, Jones v. McMahan & Gilbert, 30 Tex., 719; the great case of Texas v. White & Chiles, 25 Tex.
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Appeal from Caldwell. The case was tried before Hon. J. J. Thornton, one of the district judges. These cases, like several others found in the volumes of this Reporter, in coming ages, will be referred to as a chapter in the history of great events. Bead in connection with Bishop v. Jones & Petty, 28 Tex., 294; the Sequestration Cases, 30 Tex., 688; the Stay-Law Cases, Jones v. McMahan & Gilbert, 30 Tex., 719; the great case of Texas v. White & Chiles, 25 Tex. Supp., 465, (Texas Bond case;) and others of like character, they will convince the antiquarian of future years that some generations…
1Opinion of the Court
Morrill, O. J.
—In a country, nation, or state, where “what pleases the prince is law,” it is only necessary to know the actions or even the wishes or whims of the prince to adjudicate upon the rights of person and property. In a state or nation where, in times of war, what pleases the commander-in-chief of the victorious party is law to the conquered, a proclamation of the commander, setting forth his will, would be decisive of the status of the conquered. There are but few nations, even among the civilized of modern times, who in times of peace are governed by a “rule of action prescribed by…
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