Case Name: J. C. & C. P. McNeil v. Ballinger & Mott
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1883-02-28
Citations: 1 White & W. 482
Docket Number: No. 1454, Op. Book No. 2, p. 750
Parties: J. C. & C. P. McNeil v. Ballinger & Mott.
Judges: 
Reporter: Condensed Reports of Decisions in Civil Causes in the Court of Appeals (White & Wilson)
Volume: 1
Pages: 482–482

Head Matter:
J. C. & C. P. McNeil v. Ballinger & Mott.
(No. 1454, Op. Book No. 2, p. 750.)
Appeal from Brazoria County.
February 28, 1883.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Hurt, J.
§ 841. Citation; defective statement of time in. Appellees recovered a judgment by default against appellants. The citation served upon them summoned them to appear and answer "on the third Monday in July, A. D. 187, it being the 17th day of that month in that year." Held, that the citation was fatally defective. The statute requires that the citation shall state the time and place of holding the court. [R. S. 1215.] This citation states an impossible time. The want of proper certainty in a writ in point of time cannot be supplied by construction or intendment. [Wright v. Wilmot, 22 Tex. 398.]
Reversed and remanded.'