The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-20

10 The formation Of she judicial
ia rArsment Of the government In
this stat. only three trial courts are
provided for. Viz The justice. enun.
" and district court. the Jurisdiction
of each being fixed by las The
county court has exclusive original
Jurisdiction of probate business. re-
gardiesa OF the amount involved. EN-
braeins the settlement Of estates and
supervision Of all matters relating
! To the property Of minors and the
proper expenditures of their funds
by guardians. m. investment; 81 any
surplus and the care and cnutfoi of
their property The probate business
is one Of infinite detail. requiring
much time and close attention. and
| many good lawyers well ver~sd in
other branches of the Law do not like
the probate practice. which neces-
sarily deprivcs the judge in probate
matters OF their advice and counsel,
often when he feels the need Of IT
| when passing upon many Intricate
questions coming before pin for
ad justment Frequently these In
yolye the solution of difficult legal
problems. the determination OF
which. II incorrect. Is likely TO cause
expensive litigation and the dissipa
| ton OF funds of the estate.
During my four years discharge of
the duties of county judge in pro
bate matters | have become eonvinc-
ed that 1t is of paramount import
ance that the man filling this place
should be patient. painstaking and
the first two virtues and have brought
to bear all OF the third of which |
was possessed by prior experience and
study and have added much be
lieve which could have been acquired
but slowly in any other relation to
this branch of the law. and as dis
trict courts exercise appellant iuris-
diction in probate matters the eX-
perience thus obtained should inure
largely to the benefit OF one seeking
the Office Oh ulStliti IuhSts
In civil matters the county court
has jurisdiction of appeal cases from
the Justices court, original and
exclusive jurisdiction when the
amount involved is between two
hundred and five hundred dollars,
and concurrent jurisdiction with the
district court when the amount IN
volved is between five hundred and
one thousand dollars, in the latter
instance giving the party filing the
suit choice as between the courts
the law recognizing the equality OF
the two; both are courts OF record
the same requirements as to plead
ings obtain in each and the prin-
ciples of law and the application
thereof are identical, the only diff
! ference being the amount involved.
! Suits for damages or debt, when the
amount in controversy is over two
hundred dollars and does not exceed
one thousand dollars may be brought
in the county court: if for one thous-
and and one dollars or more the SUIT
must be brought in the district court
and il scarcely requires legal mind
to reach the conclusion that the dlf-
ference in amount can make no
change in the legal principles inVolV-
ed or the rules by which the rights
of the parties are to be determined
For four years almost, it has been
my duty to try and determine civil
cases involving many and varied
questions under the same rules OF
construction in practice and law
which control the district court, and
this time spent in actual judicial
training where it is so necessary to
view the laws and facts imparuallS
and not from the partisan standpoint
of the trial lawyer, in order that the
interests of both sides may be prop
erly guarded in the charge 10 the
Jury or determination of them by th'
court has presented opportunities TO-
Increased knowledge OF the law aht
the proper application thereof which
could not have been acquired in
much longer time In general practice
II is true that the county court Is
court of limited jurisdiction whe'
. compared 30 the district court II
relation TO the amount involved II
the litigation, but the county court d
, next in dignity and Importance 10 tn
district court and civil cases dppeale'
| from both find Judgement for reyis
| ion In the same courts. the courts O
! / civil appeals The district court ha
Jurisdiction of some matters denie
the county court, such as suits 70
j divorc. libel and Islander. forfeiture
and penalties and suits iuyolyin
utle IA or enforcement of lcns uf
on land The questions involved i
divorce matters arr usually those q
fa,f and about u5ustonthr uf IN
.a-vs are disposed ui wlw'houf ,ou
test The general principle of la'
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