Ex Parte Whitlow

Citations

• 59 Tex. 273
• 1 Tex. L. R. 963
• 1883 Tex. LEXIS 150

Syllabus

<p>1. Jurisdiction.— The legislature has no power to add to or withdraw from the jurisdiction of district courts, except when expressly conferred by the constitution, as in sec. 22, art. V, of that instrument.</p> <p>2. Cases cited and followed.— Ex parte Towles, 48 Tex., 414, and Williamson v. Lane, 52 Tex., 343, cited and approved.</p> <p>3. Contested election.— The district court has no jurisdiction to consider and revise on the protest of a citizen against the action of the county judge in declaring the result of an election to locate the county seat on the organization of anew county.</p>