Case Name: Albert NELSON, Sr. et al., Appellants, v. The STATE of Texas et al., Appellees
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1973-07-12
Citations: 497 S.W.2d 538
Docket Number: No. 5241
Parties: Albert NELSON, Sr. et al., Appellants, v. The STATE of Texas et al., Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 497
Pages: 538–539

Head Matter:
Albert NELSON, Sr. et al., Appellants, v. The STATE of Texas et al., Appellees.
No. 5241.
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.
July 12, 1973.
Wiley Thomas, Angleton, for appellants.
Ogden Bass, Criminal Dist. Atty., A. B. Crowther, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Angleton, for appellees.

Opinion:
HALL, Justice.
This is an appeal by the landowners in an eminent domain case. In a single point of error, appellants claim reversible error in the admission of testimony allegedly involving a remainder tract. In their only cross-point, appellees would have us find the appeal is frivolous and dilatory and assess damages against appellants under the provisions of Rules 435 and 438, Vernon's Tex.Rules Civ.Proc.
We are without jurisdiction in the case and dismiss the appeal.
The record shows that appellants' amended motion for new trial was overruled by operation of law on November 2, 1972. Appellants' cash deposit in lieu of appeal bond was made with the clerk on Wednesday, December 6, 1972.
Rule 356, Vernon's Tex.Rules Civ.Proc., requires an appeal bond or a cash deposit in lieu thereof to be filed or made with the clerk within 30 days after the overruling of the motion for new trial. This timetable is mandatory and jurisdictional. Glidden Company v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, 155 Tex. 591, 291 S.W.2d 315, 318 (1956).
Appeal dismissed.