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Dangerfield v. Secretary of State

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Dangerfield v. Secretary of State
CourtSupreme Court of the Republic of Texas
Full case nameDangerfield v. Secretary of State
Decided1840
Citation(s)Dallam 358 (1840); 1840 Tex. LEXIS 3
Holding
That the President does not have the authority to appoint the county court chief justice, the Congress established the process to fill the office by Congressional election
Court membership
Judge(s) sittingThomas Jefferson Rusk, Anthony B. Shelby, William J. Jones, John T. Mills, and John Hemphill
Case opinions
MajorityMills
Laws applied
Tex. Const. art. IV § 1, art. VI § 5

Dangerfield v. Secretary of State, Dallam 592 (1844), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas which held that the President does not have the authority to appoint the county court chief justice, the Texas Congress established the process to fill the office by Congressional election. The Court issued a writ of mandamus to settle the dispute.

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Transcription

Background

The dispute centered on whether the President of the Republic had the right to appoint the chief justice of the county courts, or whether the Texas Congress had the right to elect the justices.[1] While the Texas Constitution mentioned that there was to be a court in every county, it did not mention county court judges.[2] That office was created by statute.[3]

Decision

Judge John T. Mills wrote the opinion of the court.[4] He first noted that the courts of the republic did not have the authority to summon the President, and to hold him in contempt if he did not answer.[5] In examining the constitutional question, Mills said that the President had the authority to appoint officers of the Republic who were named by the constitution, but for which a method of selection had not been provided.[6] He then noted that the county court chief justice was not such an officer, that they were an officer of an inferior court, created by Congress and which Congress had provided a selection method for by election by both houses of Congress.[7]

Subsequent developments

This is the first recorded case of mandamus being used in Texas. It is also the only case during the Republic where the Court exercised original jurisdiction instead of appellate jurisdiction.[8]

References

  1. ^ Dangerfield v. Secretary of State, Dallam 358 (1840); David P. Currie, Article: The Constitution of the Republic of Texas: Part 2 OF 2: The Decisions, 8 Green Bag 2d 239 (2005).
  2. ^ Currie, at 240.
  3. ^ Currie, at 240-41.
  4. ^ James W. Paulsen, Sesquicentennial Special Issue: The Missing Cases of the Republic of Texas Supreme Court Term, 1845: The Judges of the Supreme Court of the Republic Of Texas, 65 Tex. L. Rev. 305, 344 (1986).
  5. ^ Dangerfield, at 358.
  6. ^ Dangerfield, at 358.
  7. ^ Dangerfield, at 358-59; Currie, at 240-41.
  8. ^ Richard E. Flint, The Evolving Standard for Granting Mandamus Relief in the Texas Supreme Court: One More "Mile Marker Down the Road of No Return", 39 St. Mary's L.J. 3 (2007).
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