Solon v. State

Citations

• 5 Tex. Ct. App. 301

Syllabus

<p>1. Jurisdiction of County and Justices’ Courts. — Under the presént Constitution and laws of this State, the County Courts and the justices’ courts have concurrent jurisdiction of misdemeanors wherein the maximum fine does not exceed $200. Note in the opinion the collocation and review of the constitutional and statutory provisions from which the above ruling is deduced.</p> <p>2. Jurisdiction. — Courts cannot transcend the authority of the law of their creation, and are dependent on it for their jurisdiction and the extent of their powers. Their jurisdiction cannot be enlarged by intendment, so as to embrace objects not expressed in that law. Observe the application of this principle to certain acts of the Fifteenth Legislature, which seem to imply that justices of the peace have been invested with exclusive jurisdiction over a certain class of misdemeanors.</p>