State v. Tunstall

Citations

• 51 Tex. 81

Syllabus

<p>1. Constitutional law—Jurisdiction of Supreme Court.—The jurisdiction of the Supreme Court is restricted by section 3 of article 5 of the Constitution of 1876 to civil suits, of which the District Courts have appellate or original jurisdiction.</p> <p>2. Civil case—Criminal case.—A proceeding against an attorney or counsellor at law, charging him with fraudulent or dishonorable conduct, and having for its object to strike him from the roll of practicing attorneys, is not a civil case. It is a criminal or quasicrirninal case.</p> <p>3. Proceedings against an attorney—Appeal.—Ho appeal lies to the Supreme Court from a judgment in the District Court for the defendant, in a proceeding charging an attorney with fraudulent or dishonorable conduct.</p>