Records 1887-1975 (bulk 1892-1975)

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Records 1887-1975 (bulk 1892-1975)

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Records comprise minutes, opinions, case files, dockets, fee books, cash books, financial documents, receipts, accounts, cost books, law license applications, application volumes, clippings, execution warrants, and indexes, dating 1887-1975 (bulk 1892-1975), of the Texas Court of Appeals (1st). The documents provide evidence of the responsibilities and activities of the First Court of Appeals, Galveston in the adjudication of Texas civil court cases.

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Three characteristics of the judicial system in Texas distinguish it from the national norm: it has two appellate courts of last resort, its trial courts do not have uniform jurisdiction of subject matter, and its judges are chosen in partisan elections. The state has three levels of trial courts-district, county, and inferior-and there is no uniformity of jurisdiction among the courts at each level. To be sure of a trial court's jurisdiction, one must examine the statute that estab...