Case Name: DURRILL v. ROBISON, Land Com'r
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1911-06-07
Citations: 138 S.W. 107
Docket Number: 
Parties: DURRILL v. ROBISON, Land Com’r.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 138
Pages: 107–107

Head Matter:
DURRILL v. ROBISON, Land Com’r.
(Supreme Court of Texas.
June 7, 1911.)
Infants (§ 11 ) — Disabilities—Removal.
Under a statute authorizing a removal of the disabilities of infancy in certain cases by the district court of the county where the minor resides, an order purporting to remove the disabilities of relator, showing on its face that she was only temporarily a resident of that county, she having gone there to get her disabilities removed, with the intention to return to her home county, was void.
[Ed. Note. — For other casesi see Infants, Dec. Dig. § 11. ]
Motion for permission to file petition for mandamus by Pansy Durrill against J. T. Robison, Land Commissioner.
Overruled.
E. R. Pedigo, for relator.
Kor other eases see same topic and section NUMBER in Dec. Dig. & Am. Dig. Key No. Series & Rep’r Indexes

Opinion:
BROWN, C. J.
It appears from the judgment of the district court of Travis county, purporting to remove the disabilities' of relator, that she was not a resident of the county of Travis within the meaning of the statute. Her application shows that she came to Travis county for the purpose of getting her disabilities removed, and that she intended as soon as she accomplished that purpose to return to El Paso county. The court recites in its order that she is temporarily a resident of Travis county. The statute provides that the proceeding must be had in the county where the minor resides, and, it appearing upon the face of the proceeding that she did not reside in Travis county, the order is void. Cunningham v. Robison, 136 S. W. 441. Being a minor, the relator is not qualified to purchase the land.
It is therefore ordered that the motion be overruled, at the cost of the relator.