Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-02
Perfected Legislation of the Twenty-Sec-
oud Legislature of Texas Now
Printed for the First Time.

NACOCpOCUEs Comfy JURISDICTION OF
COUNTY COURT RESTORED.
Chapter C. House bill No I35. An act
10 restore 10 ana confer upon the county
court of NacOgdoches county the civil and
criminal jurisdiction heretofore belonging
10 it under the constitution and general
lAws of the state, and to conform the jul
risdiction of the district court of said
county 10 such change.
Section !. Be it enacted by the legislature
Of the state of Texas That the county court
of Nacogdoches county shall hereafter have
exclusive and original Jurisdiction in civil
cases where the matter in controversy shall
exceed in value $500 and shall not exceed
500, exclusive of interest. and shall have
concurrent Jurisdiction with the district
court Of said county when the matter il
controversy shall exceed 500 and not eX-
coed $1,000 exclusive of interest.
Sec =. Said county court shall have APP
pellate jurisdiction in civil cases over which
the justices courts OF said county have origi-
nal Jurisdiction, when the Judgment of the
court appealed from or the amount in con-
troverSy shall exceed so, exclusive of costs;
and have power to hear and determine cases
brought up from the justices courts by
certiOrari under the provisions Of the law
relating thereto.
Sec. 8 SAID county court. or the justices
thereof, shall have power and authority,
either in term time or in vacation, TO grant
writS of mandamuS, injunction, SequeStra-
ton, attachment, punishment, certiorari
and superSedeas, and all other writs neces-
Sary TO the Enforcement OF the jurisdiction
of said court. and shall also have power 10
issue the writ of habeas corpus in all cases
in which the constitution has not conferred
the power on the district court or Judge
thereof.
Sec. i. Said county court shall have iuris-
diction in the forfeiture and judgment of all
bonds aud recogniZanceS taken in criminal
cases, of which criminal cases said court
has original or appellate jurisdiction.
Sec !. Said county court shall have ex-
elusive original jurisdiction Of all inside
meanors. except the misdemeanorS involving
official misconduct, and except cases in which
the highest penalty of fine that may be i'm
posed under the law. may not exceed 500 and
said court shall also have appellate juris-
diction in criminal cases of which justices
of the peace and other inferior tribunals of
said county have original jurisdiction.
Sec 6. The district court Of said county
of Nacogdoches shall no longer have iuriS-
diction of cases of which the county court of
said county by the provisions OF this act,
have exclusive, original or appellate juris-
diction: and 1t shall be the duty Of thss6ri
trict clerk of said county, withi2j&hlrty
days after this act shall take efeSSpo make
4 full and complete transcript 64au orders
on the criminal and civil dockdt Is in cases
then pending before the district court OF
said county, of which leases by n QcAH
ions of this act. exclusive, original go DIP
pellate Jurisdiction is given 10 the said !
county court, and TO deliver transcripts q
together with the original papers and
Fcertifed bill of costs in each case. to the
county clerk of said county, and said county
clerk shall take charge of said transcripts
and papers. file the same. and enter said
c6SS