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This section, which provides a narrow exception to Article I, Section [[Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 15|15]], is a direct response to the Texas Supreme Court decision referenced below. | This section, which provides a narrow exception to Article I, Section [[Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 15|15]], is a direct response to the Texas Supreme Court decision referenced below. | ||
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* ''White v. White'', 196 S.W. 508, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/196_SW_508.pdf#page=4 511-12] (Tex. 1917) ("A trial by jury means something more than a hearing before a commission such as that prescribed by said act. With us in civil cases it means . . . a court of competent jurisdiction, and sworn to render an impartial verdict according to the law and the evidence, the hearing to be in the presence and under the supervision of a court duly authorized and empowered to rule on the evidence, and, except in courts of justices of the peace, to charge on the law of the case, and to set aside the verdict if, in the opinion of the court, it is contrary to the law and the evidence.") | * ''White v. White'', 196 S.W. 508, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/196_SW_508.pdf#page=4 511-12] (Tex. 1917) ("A trial by jury means something more than a hearing before a commission such as that prescribed by said act. With us in civil cases it means . . . a court of competent jurisdiction, and sworn to render an impartial verdict according to the law and the evidence, the hearing to be in the presence and under the supervision of a court duly authorized and empowered to rule on the evidence, and, except in courts of justices of the peace, to charge on the law of the case, and to set aside the verdict if, in the opinion of the court, it is contrary to the law and the evidence.") | ||
|seo_title= | |seo_title=Article I, Section 15-a of the Texas Constitution ("Commitment of Persons of Unsound Mind") | ||
|seo_keywords= | |seo_keywords=Article 1 Section 15-a, Texas Bill of Rights, right to jury trial | ||
|seo_description= | |seo_description=No person shall be committed as a person of unsound mind except on competent medical or psychiatric testimony. | ||
|seo_image_alt=Texas Bill of Rights | |seo_image_alt=Texas Bill of Rights | ||