9 . Tex Const, art. V, § 19 (1876) ("Justices of the Peace shall have jurisdiction ... in civil matters of all cases where the amount in controversy is two hundred dollars or less, exclusive of interest, of which exclusive original jurisdiction is not given to the District or County Courts ....”). 10 . Tex.Rev.Civ. Stat. Ann. art. 2460a, § 1 ("The justices of the peace in their several counties and precincts shall sit as judges of said courts and exercise the jurisdiction hereby conferred in all cases arising under the provisions of this Chapter.’’), now recodified as Tex. Gov’t Code § 28.002 ("Each justice of the peace sits as judge of the small claims court and exercises the jurisdiction provided by this chapter.”). 11 . Harris County v. Stewart, 91 Tex. 133, 41 S.W. 650, 655 (1897) (<HOLDING>). 12 . Act of May 27, 1953, 53rd Leg., R.S. ch.
holding that federal courts may not consider other issues before resolving standing an article iii jurisdictional matter recognizing the supreme courts longstanding jurisdiction over writs of prohibition and mandamus to courts of inferior jurisdiction holding that district courts do not have appellate jurisdiction over state courts recognizing that personal jurisdiction of federal courts of course may be grounded in state longarm or other jurisdiction statutes in civil rico cases holding that article v section 1 of the constitution amended in 1891 to state that the legislature may establish such other courts as it may deem necessary and prescribe the jurisdiction and organization thereof and may conform the jurisdiction of the district and other inferior courts thereto permits the creation of new courts notwithstanding constitutional jurisdictional grants