Selected case files 1892-1944 (bulk 1894-1919)

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Selected case files 1892-1944 (bulk 1894-1919)

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Types of records include briefs of appellants and appellees, motions, cover correspondence, statements of facts, opinions, arguments, and transcripts of courtproceedings that comprise the case files of the Texas Court of Civil Appeals, Second Supreme Judicial District from 1892 to1944 (bulk 1892-1919) .

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Texas Courts of Civil Appeals were first established in 1891 by constitutional amendment (Article V, Section 6) to reduce the backlog of cases on the Texas Supreme Court docket. Courts of Civil Appeals are intermediate appellate courts between the trial courts and the Supreme Court. In 1893, the 23rd Texas Legislature divided the state into five supreme judicial districts (Committee Substitute for S.S.B. Nos. 29, 36, 82, 126, 128) with Fort Worth in Tarrant County being the seat for the Second S...