Case Name: TRIM v. PLANTERS' COTTON OIL CO.
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1914-01-15
Citations: 163 S.W. 103
Docket Number: 
Parties: TRIM v. PLANTERS’ COTTON OIL CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 163
Pages: 103–103

Head Matter:
TRIM v. PLANTERS’ COTTON OIL CO.
(Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Texarkana.
Jan. 15, 1914.)
Appeal and Error (§, 387 ) — Perfection op Appeal — Bond.
The requirement of Rev. Civ. St. 1911, art. 2084, that an appeal bond be filed within 20 days after the expiration of the term at which the judgment was rendered must be complied with in order to give the appellate court jurisdiction, and, if not followed, the appeal must be dismissed.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Appeal and Error, Cent. Dig. §§ 2064-2070; Dec. Dig. § 387. ]
Appeal from District Court, Fannin County; Ben H. Denton, Judge.
Action between F. F. Trim and the Planters’ Cotton Oil Company. From a judgment for the latter, the former appeals.
Appeal dismissed.
McReynolds & Hay, of Sherman, for appellant. Cunningham & McMahon, of Bonham, for appellee.
For other cases see same topic and section NUMBER in Dec. Dig. & Am. Dig, Key-No. Series & Rep'r Indexes

Opinion:
WILLSON, C. J.
It appears from the record that the judgment appealed from was rendered during the term of a district court of Fannin county which ended April 5, 1913, and that the appeal bond was not filed in that court until April 26, 1913; that is, not until after the expiration of 20 days from the date said term of court ended. It is settled that the requirement of the statute (article 2084, R. S. 1911) that an appeal bond shall be filed within 20 days after the expiration of the term at which the judgment was rendered must be complied with; otherwise the appellate court does not acquire jurisdiction of the appeal. Burr v. Lewis, 6 Tex. 80; Ry. Co. v. Whatley, 99 Tex. 128, 87 S. W. 819; Nash v. Noble, 52 Tex. Civ. App. 425, 114 S. W. 848; Simpson v. Baker, 57 Tex. Civ. App. 460, 122 S. W. 959. The appeal therefore must be dismissed.