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GENERAL LAWS OF TEXAS.
71
COURTS-SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY.
H. B. No. 15.] CHAPTER 32.
An Act to confer upon the County Court of San Augustine county the civil and
criminal jurisdiction heretofore belonging to said court under the Constitution
and general statutes of the State of Texas; to define the jurisdiction of
said court; to conform the jurisdiction of the district court of said county to
such change; to fix the time of holding court; to repeal all laws and parts of
laws in Sonflict with this act; and declaring an emergency.
Be it enaeted by the Legislature of the State of Texas:
SECTION 1. That the County Court of San Augustine county shall
hereafter have.exclusive original jurisdiction in civil cases wherein the
matter in controversy shall exceed in value two hundred dollars and
shall not exceed five hundred dollars, exclusive of all interest, and shall
have concurrent jurisdiction with the district court of said county when
the amount in controversy shall exceed five hundred dollars and shall
not exceed one thousand dollars, exclusive of interest.
SEC. 2. Said county court shall have appellate jurisdiction in civil
cases over which the justice courts have original jurisdiction, when the
judgment of the court appealed from or the amount in controversy shall
exceed twenty dollars, exclusive of interest, and said county court shall
have power to hear and determine
cases brought up from the justice
courts by certiorari under the provisions of the Title of the Revised
Statutes relating thereto.
SEC. 3. The county judge of said county shall have authority, either
in term time or vacation, to grant writs of injunction, sequestration, mandamus,
garnishment, attachment, certiorari, supersedeas, and all other
writs necessary to the enforcement of the jurisdiction of said court, and
shall also have power to issue writs of habeas corpus in all cases in which
the Constitution has not exclusively conferred the power on the district
court or judge thereof.
SEC. 4. That said court shall have and exercise the general jurisdiction
of a probate court; shall probate wills, appoint guardians of minors,
idiots, lunatics, persons non compos mentis, and common drunkards,
grant letters testamentary and of administration, settle accounts of
executors, administrators and guardians, transact all business pertaining
to the estates of deceased persons, minors, idiots, lunatics, persons non
compos mentis, and common drunkards, including the partition, settlement
and distribution of estates of deceased persons, and to apprentice
minors as provided by general law and to issue all writs necessary for
enforcement of its jurisdiction, orders and decrees.
SEC. 5. Said county court shall have jurisdiction in the forfeiture
and judgment of all bonds and recognizances taken in criminal cases of
which said court has original or appellate jurisdiction.
SEC. 6. Said county court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction
of all misdemeanors except misdemeanors involving official misconduct,
and except misdemeanors in which the highest penalty that may be imposed
by law is a fine that does not exceed two hundred dollars; and said
court shall have concurrent jurisdiction with that of the justice of the
pe6ace in criminal cases, and appellate jurisdiction with trial de novo in
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1909-1910 [Volume 14], book, 1910; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth9392/m1/81/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .