Case Name: DILLARD v. FIRST NAT. BANK OF CANYON
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1911-12-22
Citations: 143 S.W. 682
Docket Number: 
Parties: DILLARD v. FIRST NAT. BANK OF CANYON.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 143
Pages: 682–683

Head Matter:
DILLARD v. FIRST NAT. BANK OF CANYON.
(Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Amarillo.
Dec. 22, 1911.
On Rehearing, Jan. 26, 1912.)
1.Appeal and Error (§ 468 ) — Appeal ok Supersedeas Bond — Validity.
Where a supersedeas bond was filed after the time during which it was required by law to be filed, and the record fails to show any order of court authorizing it to be filed and considered as an appeal bond, the bond is invalid as an appeal or supersedeas appeal bond.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Appeal and Error, Dec. Dig. § 468. ]
On Rehearing.
2. Appeal and Error (§ 482 ) — Rehearing— On Whose Application.
Where appellee joined in a motion by sureties to quash a supersedeas bond, which was granted, a rehearing of the motion will not be granted on appellee’s application.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Appeal and Error, Dec. Dig. § 482. ]
3. Appeal and Error (§ 393 ) — Supersedeas Bond — Holding Valid as Cost Bond.
A bond purporting to be a supersedeas appeal bond cannot be held valid as an appeal cost bond in the court of Civil Appeals, the court having no power to reform the instrument.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Appeal and Error, Cent.Dig. §§ 2095, 2096; Dec.Dig. § 393.*]
4. Appeal and Error (§ 461 )— Bond — Ap-provaj>-Necessity.
A bond filed as such cannot serve as a su-persedeas bond, where it was not approved by the clerk of the trial court as a bond in the case.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Appeal and Error, Cent. Dig. §§ 2235-2238; Dec. Dig. § 461. ]
5. Costs (§ 260 ) — Appeal—Failure to Per-eect.
An appellant is liable for the costs of an attempted appeal which he fails to perfect.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Costs, Cent. Dig. § 985; Dec. Dig. § 260. ]
Appeal from District Court, Lubbock County; L. S. Kinder, Judge.
Action between J. J. Dillard and the First National Bank of Canyon. From the judgment, J. J. Dillard appeals. On motion to quash the supersedeas bond.
Motion granted, and appeal ordered dismissed on rehearing.
Dillard & Moore, W. F. Schenek, and Wm. J. Berne, for appellant. Bean & Klett, for appellee. R. A. Sowder, for sureties.
For other oases see same topic and section NUMBER in Dec. Dig. & Am. Dig. Key No. Series & Rep’r Indexes

Opinion:
GRAHAM, C. J.
This cause is before us on a motion to hold the supersedeas appeal bond filed in the trial court on December 23, 1910, void for irregularities connected with its execution; the motion having been filed by the sureties on said bond and joined in by appellee, and submitted to this court at the time of the submission of the main cause. The motion is supported by the affidavits of the several sureties, which in our judgment shows grounds sufficient to require that we hold the bond void, especially as there are no controverting affidavits on file among the papers in the cause now before us.
The record shows that another supersedeas bond was filed in the trial court of December 31, 1910, but as that bond was filed after the lapse of the time required by law for the filing of such bonds, and the record fails to show any order of court au thorizing it to be filed and considered as an appeal bond in tbis cause, tbe Court of Civil Appeals of tbe Second District baying beld in tbe case of Dillard v. Wilson, 137 S. W. 152, that tbe filing of tbe bond on December 23, 1910, conferred jurisdiction on that court in tbis case, we bold that tbe bond filed on December 31, 1910, was and is invalid as an appeal or supersedeas appeal bond in tbis cause. Acts 1905, p. 224.
Because there bas been no valid and binding appeal bond or supersedeas bond filed in tbis cause within tbe time allowed by law, or under any order of court, tbis cause will be dismissed, unless as is provided in said act of 1905, above referred to, appellant file and cause to be approved in this court a new appeal or supersedeas appeal bond witbin 30 days from tbis date, and pay all costs which have accrued in tbe Court of Civil Appeals for tbe Second District, as well as tbe Seventh District, to date, of approval of such supersedeas appeal bond; and it is so ordered.