Rockwall County v. Kaufman County

Citations

• 69 Tex. 172
• 6 S.W. 431
• 1887 Tex. LEXIS 800

Syllabus

<p>1. Jurisdiction — County Boundaries. — The amendment made by the act o£ April, 1885, to section 8, of the article of a former act which provided for the settlement of disputed county boundaries (Rev. Stat., appendix, p. 27), does not authorize a county to institute suit in the district court until it has taken the preliminary steps after the amendment went into effect that were required by the original statute.</p> <p>8. Construction oe Statutes — Retroactive Law. — In the absence of any special indication, or reason, as a common rule, a statute will not be applied retrospectively even where there is no Constitutional impediment.</p>