Case Name: LEWIS v. McDOWELL et al.
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1918-01-04
Citations: 199 S.W. 1179
Docket Number: No. 1892
Parties: LEWIS v. McDOWELL et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 199
Pages: 1179–1179

Head Matter:
LEWIS v. McDOWELL et al.
(No. 1892.)
(Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Texarkana.
Jan. 4, 1918.)
Appeal and Error <&wkey;387(3) — Bond—Time poe Filing.
To confer jurisdiction upon the appellate court the appeal bond must have been filed within 20 days after the expiration of the term at which judgment was rendered, under Vernon’s Sayles’ Ann. Civ. St. 1914, art. 2084, and where this was not done the appeal must be dismissed.
Appeal from District Court, Cass County; H. F. O’Neal, Judge.
B. W. Lewis appeals from a judgment against him and in favor of J. M. McDowell and others.
Appeal dismissed.
Turner & Smitha and T. N. Graham, all of Texarkana, for appellant. O’Neal & Allday, of Atlanta, for appellees.

Opinion:
WILLSON, C. J.
To confer jurisdiction of the appeal upon this court the appeal bond must have been filed within 20 days after the expiration of the term at which the judgment was rendered. Article 2084, Vernon's Statutes. Said term of the court ended April 13, 1917, and the bond was filed on the 25th day thereafterwards, to wit, on May 8, 1917. As this court, therefore, is without power to hear and determine the appeal, it is dismissed.