Why Did Texas Create Constitutional County Courts

question 56

Multiple Choice

Why did Texas create constitutional county courts?

• A) They were created to deal with constitutional issues that affected state government and persons at the county level.
• B) They were created by the legislature over the years to supplement the statutory county courts, in the process assuming responsibility over criminal cases.
• C) They were created by the Texas Constitution to serve the needs of the sparsely populated rural society that existed in Texas then.
• D) They were created by legislative order in 1954 to relieve the pressure from justice of the peace and municipal courts that had become overburdened with cases.
• E) They were created to provide a judicial branch at the county level in every county when Texas reorganized its counties in the early 1900s.

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