Case Name: A. T. Forst v. F. Mayer
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1889-04-10
Citations: 3 Willson 549
Docket Number: No. 5637
Parties: A. T. Forst v. F. Mayer.
Judges: 
Reporter: Condensed Reports of Decisions in Civil Causes in the Court of Appeals
Volume: 3
Pages: 549–549

Head Matter:
A. T. Forst v. F. Mayer.
(No. 5637.)
April 10, 1889.
Appeal from Menard County.
Marshall Fulton and J. A. Smith, counsel for appellant.
H. M* Holmes .and J. M. Moore, counsel for appellee.

Opinion:
Opinion by
White, P. J.
§450. Appeal from justice's court; certified copy of bill of costs; transcript held sufficient. Appellee having recovered a judgment against appellant in justice's court, the latter appealed to the county court, and the appeal was dismissed on motion of appellee, upon the ground that the transcript w-as not accompanied by a certified copy of the bill of costs taken from the justice's fee-book, as inquired by ax-tide 1640, Revised Statutes. While there is xxo certified copy of the bill of costs separate from the transcript, there is a bill of costs amounting to $23.55 in the transcript, and following it a certificate of the justice that the transcript is .a true one of all the entries on his docket, etc. Held: There was a substantial compliance with said article 1640, and the court erred in dismissing the appeal.
Reversed and remanded.