Proceedings of the Supreme Court
A routine list of the Texas Supreme Court's rulings and case dispositions from its session the previous day, preserved here as a record of the court's docket.
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The Austin Weekly Statesman · December 24, 1896 · Page 6
1 min readProceedings of the supreme court yesterday: Reversed and Remanded — Daniels et al. vs. Mason, from Tarrant.
Certified Question Answered — Minter et al. vs. Burnet, Administrator, et al., from Wichita.
Dismissed — Texas and Pacific Railway Company vs. Staggs et al., from Tarrant; Eustis et al. vs. City of Henrietta, from Clay.
Cases Set for Submission — Cleveland & Co. vs. Carr et al., from Polk, for January 14, 1897.
Rehearing Refused — Thompson vs. Baker, land commissioner, original mandamus; Classen vs. Elmendorf et al., from Bexar; Houston, East and West Texas Railway Company vs. Keller, from Harris.
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