The Texas Reports, Vol. 85

Download or read book The Texas Reports, Vol. 85 written by A. S. Walker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Texas Reports, Vol. 85: Cases Argued and Decided by the Supreme Court of Texas in the Latter Part of Its June Term, A. D. 1893; Also Decisions of the Supreme Court of Texas After Its Reorganization and at Its Term Beginning First Monday in October, 1892, and Ending Last Saturday On yesterday, the 2lst day Of June, 1892, at fifteen minutes before 5 O'clock, in the afternoon, at his residence in this city, surrounded by his family and friends, the Hon. Sawnie robertson died, after an illness of a few days. The full import of this fact, so briefly stated, can not be adequately expressed. Although he had scarcely reached the meridian of manhood, he had for years been distinguished throughout this State as few men have been. AS a lawyer, he had no superior in the State. At the early age Of thirty-dve years, such was his pro-eminence as a lawyer, that at the spontaneous suggestion Of the bar Of the State he was appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court, from which he voluntarily retired, to the regret of the entire bench arid bar, after serving with distinguished ability only one year. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.