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In 1842, the Republic of Texas organized Guadalupe County as a judicial county. The Texas Supreme Court declared judicial counties to be unconstitutional. In 1845, Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels secured title to 1,265 acres (512 ha) of the Veramendi grant in the northern part of the former judicial county. [4]
Marcos Salas — who was elected Guadalupe County Probate Judge in 2022 — remained on the bench as of Tuesday, after being arrested on a charge of sexual contact with a 16-year-old boy ...
Guadalupe County Courthouse in Puerto de Luna, New Mexico, which preceded the Santa Rosa one; Guadalupe County Courthouse (New Mexico), Santa Rosa, New Mexico, a current courthouse of the Fourth Judicial Court; Guadalupe County Courthouse (Texas), Seguin, Texas
Guadalupe County: 187: Seguin: 1846: Bexar County and Gonzales County: The Guadalupe River, named in turn for the Mexican spiritual icon Our Lady of Guadalupe: 188,454: 711 sq mi (1,841 km 2) Hale County: 189: Plainview: 1876: Bexar County: John C. Hale, a lieutenant killed in action at the Battle of San Jacinto 31,761: 1,005 sq mi (2,603 km 2 ...
After statehood, Texas county courthouses kept their powers. [2] The counties of Texas were often first served by a tree, tent, or another building before judicial functions moved into a log cabin or dugout. [3] During the later 19th century, most county courthouses were simple wooden or stone two-story rectangular buildings. [4]
Statutory County Courts can generally entertain lawsuits in which the amount in controversy is over $500 but not over $200,000. [14] However, unlike constitutional county courts, the jurisdiction of Statutory County Courts can vary from county to county. For example, in Dallas County, Statutory County Courts have jurisdiction nearly as broad as ...
Sep. 25—SANTA FE — An eastern New Mexico county will have to figure out how to avoid losing a key funding source for its hospital, after the state Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked a mill ...
Mary Velma Davenport: [29] First female county judge in Texas (c. 1938) Charlye O. Farris (1953): [12] First African American female elected as a county judge pro tem in Texas (1954) Alicia R. Chacón: [30] [31] First Latino American female elected as a judge of a major county in Texas (c. 1990s)