Inventory of county records, Callahan County courthouse, Baird, Texas Page: 6
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vacancy the Commissioners Court of the county
shall have the power to appoint a County Attorney
until the next general election.1
The County Attorney has the responsibility of representing the
State in the district and inferior courts in his county.2
DISTRICT CLERK
According to the Constitution, the State is to be divided
into as many judicial districts as may be provided by law.1
The District Court has jurisdiction in
all criminal cases of the grade of felony; in all
suits in behalf of the State to recover penalties,
forfeitures and escheats; of all cases of divorce;
of all misdemeanors involving official misconduct;
of all suits to recover damages for slander or defamation
of character; of all suits for trial of
title to land and for the enforcement of liens
thereon; of all suits for the trial of the right
of property levied upon by virtue of any writ of
execution, sequestration or attachment when the
property levied on shall be equal to or exceed in
value five hundred dollars; of all suits, complaints
or pleas whatever, without regard to any distinction
between law and equity, when the matter in controversy
shall be valued at or amount to five hundred
dollars exclusive of interest; of contested elections,
and said court and the judges thereof, shall have
power to issue writs of habeas corpus, mandamus, injunction
and certiorari, and all writs necessary to
enforce their jurisdiction.2
In addition, the District Court has appellate jurisdiction over the
County Court in probate cases, as well as appellate jurisdiction
and general supervisory control over the County Commissioners'
Court. According to a 1931 law, the District Court also presides
over adoption proceedings.3
The Constitution provides that
there shall be a Clerk for the District Court of
each county, who shall be elected by the qualified
voters for State and county officers, and who shall
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Texas County Records Inventory Project. Inventory of county records, Callahan County courthouse, Baird, Texas, book, 1977; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25228/m1/19/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.