Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Norton

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 9, 1929No. 10886Published

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1Opinion

We have considered carefully the contentions made in the able motion for rehearing filed by the State. The writer is of opinion that the corporation court of the City of Texarkana was legally created in 1907 as part of a special charter then granted said city by the legislature; and that said court was rightfully given jurisdiction of misdemeanor cases arising within the city limits over which the county court of Bowie county had original jurisdiction. The jurisdiction of this court was attacked and the question above stated was decided in line with the above statement in Ex parte Abrams,56…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Wright v. RoseberrySupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  2. Harris County v. StewartTexas Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Kelly v. OwenSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
  4. Fitzpatrick v. Simonson Bros. Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
  5. Ex Parte A. AbramsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908

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