Walker v. Tarrant County
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Tarrant. Tried below before the Hon. Nat. M. Burford. Petition filed Nov. 20th, 1856, as follows:— The petition of George Akers, A. G. Walker, John R. Wallace and James H. Hughes as plaintiffs, all resident citizens of the County of Tarrant, and State of Texas, would respectfully show unto your Honor that on the first Tuesday in November, A. D. 1856, there was an election held at the various precincts in the County of Tarrant, and State of Texas, “to locate the…
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Appeal from Tarrant. Tried below before the Hon. Nat. M. Burford. Petition filed Nov. 20th, 1856, as follows:— The petition of George Akers, A. G. Walker, John R. Wallace and James H. Hughes as plaintiffs, all resident citizens of the County of Tarrant, and State of Texas, would respectfully show unto your Honor that on the first Tuesday in November, A. D. 1856, there was an election held at the various precincts in the County of Tarrant, and State of Texas, “to locate the county seat of said county,” by order of the Chief Justice, pre- . viously made, at which election the town of Birdville,…
1Opinion of the CourtRoberts, J.
This is an action brought by a portion of the citizens of Tarrant county against their county, to test the legality of an election held to fix the location of the county seat, to prevent the removal of the records from Birdville to Fort Worth, and to restrain the sale of lots in the town of Birdville; •and,if the county seat should be determined to be at Fort Worth, to reinvest the original donors of the land with the title to the unsold lots.
The act of determining in what particular place in a county the Courts shall be held, and the public records shall be kept, is the exercise of a…
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