Lumpkin v. Muncey

Citations

• 66 Tex. 311
• 17 S.W. 732
• 1886 Tex. LEXIS 511

Syllabus

<p>1. Revised statutes, article 670, construed—Art. 670, R. S., was intended as de~ olaratory of what the law was previous to the passage of the Revised Statutes.</p> <p>2. Same—-New counties—The acts of the legislature, which create new counties, do no more than provide for their organization; and until a new county is actually organized or attached to some other county or district, its territory remains subject to the jurisdiction of the old county. (O’Shea v. Twohig, 9 Tex., 336, and Clark v. Goss, 12 Tex., 396, reviewed and followed.)</p> <p>3. Same—Registration—Until the new county is so organized or attached, transfers of lands located in it should be registered in the old county.</p> <p>4. Same—Being so registered, it is not necessary to register them again in the new county when organized, nor in any county to which it may be thereafter attached for judicial purposes. (Following McKissock v. Colquhoun, 18 Tex., 148, and other cases.)</p> <p>6. Same—The act of March 30,1881, expressly declared that the registration of conveyances of land lying in unorganized counties, made previous to its passage in the land district to which such county was attached, shall not be aifected by that act.</p>