Graham B. Smedley papers, ca. 1913-1954.

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Graham B. Smedley papers, ca. 1913-1954.

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This collection contains correspondense, case files, legal materials, printed material, speeches, and other documents relating to Smedley and his activities with the Texas Supreme Court and in private practice. A portion of the collection reflects Smedley's work with land titles, oil and gas rights, and irrigation law.

5.8 linear ft. (14 boxes)

University of Texas, Tarlton Law Library, Jamail Center for Legal Research

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SNAC Resource ID: 8221466

University of Texas, Tarlton Law Library, Jamail Center for Legal Research

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Smedley, Graham B.

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Graham B. Smedley (1880-1954) was a member of the Commission of Appeals to the Texas Supreme Court, Section B, 1933-1945, and the Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court, 1945-1954. An acknowledged authority on land titles, oil and gas rights, and irrigation law, Smedley was known as "the great little dissenter" and for the sharpness of his dissents. He practiced law in Dallas, Midland, Wichita Falls, Fort Worth, and Austin. While with the Texas Attorney General's Office in 1913-18, he hand...

Texas. Supreme Court

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Jurisdiction to naturalize persons as citizens of the United States extends to state courts having a seal, a clerk, and jurisdiction in law and/or equity in which the amount of controversy is unlimited (U.S.C.A. 8 Sec. 1421). The Texas Supreme Court meets these naturalization jurisdiction requirements and has been used by foreign nationals seeking United States citizenship. From the guide to the Galveston Term Naturalization declarations of intent, 1855 and 1867-1869, (bulk 1855), (R...