The court have considered the motion made in this case to dismiss the writ of error for want of jurisdiction. From the mode of judicial proceeding adopted in Texas, the motion presents a new question, and one that is not free from difficulty.
The suit is not brought in any of the forms of action known to the common law. It is instituted by petition; and the...
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