Sworn Statement to District Court, Tarrant County, Texas, Leon S. Hays, March 19, 1877

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In this handwritten sworn statement to the District Court in Tarrant County, Texas, Leon Hays swears that he will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent as an Attorney at Law according to his abilities and the Texas and United States laws. He goes on to swear that he has never participated in any way in a duel with deadly weapon and that he has neither accepted nor offered any financial incentives for acceptance tot he Bar for which he's been admitted. The statement was sworn to and subscribed before the Tarrant County District Court Clerk, J. J. Miller on March 19, 1877.

Publication Date

3-19-1877

Time Period

1870-1879

Subjects

Lawyers; District courts--United States; Bar associations

Keywords

sworn statements; district courts; Texas Bar Association

Geographic Location

Tarrant County (Tex.)

Object Type

text

Format (original)

document

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_004_1877-03-19-Texas-Bar-Leon-Hays

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Division, Manuscripts Unit, Hays-Ray-Webb Collection, Box 2, Folder 48

Repository

Manuscripts Unit

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Recommended Citation

Hays-Ray-Webb collection, Archives and Special Collections Division, Mississippi State University Libraries, Mississippi State University