Higgins v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““Art. 1970-62.2 County Court at Law No. 2 of Tarrant County “Section 1. (a) There is created a court to be held in Tarrant County to be known and designated as the ‘County Court at Law. No. 2 of Tarrant County.’ “(b) The County Court at Law of Tar-rant County shall be hereafter known and designated as the ‘County Court at Law No. 1 of Tarrant County.’ “Sec. 2. (a) The County Court at Law No. 2 of Tarrant County has jurisdiction of all civil matters and causes, original and appellate, over which by the general laws of the state the county court of the county would have jurisdiction, and its jurisdiction is concurrent with that of the County Court at Law of Tarrant County in civil matters and causes, original and appellate. This provision does not affect the jurisdiction of the commissioners court or of the county judge of Tarrant County as the presiding officer of that court as to roads, bridges, and public highways, and matters which are now within the jurisdiction of the commissioners court or of the judge of the county court of Tarrant County. The county judge of Tarrant County shall be the judge of the county court of Tarrant County, and all ex officio duties of the county judge shall be exercised by the judge of the county court of Tarrant County. (b) The County Court at Law No. 2 of Tarrant County has the general jurisdiction of a probate court within the limits of Tarrant County, concurrent with the jurisdiction of the County Court of Tar-rant County and the Probate Cou”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Conger v. Dalrymple

2. ““Now, Tarrant County Court at Law No. 2 has civil jurisdiction concurrent with both the county court and the district court, but this civil jurisdiction is dependent upon an amount in controversy.... ” Higgins v. State, 591 S.W.2d 646, 649 (Tex.Civ.App.-Fort Worth, 1979, no writ).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Conger v. Dalrymple