Case Name: W. P. Martin v. Hartwell & Chambers
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1876-11-13
Citations: 1 White & W. 243
Docket Number: No. 60, Op. Book No. 1, p. 158
Parties: W. P. Martin v. Hartwell & Chambers.
Judges: 
Reporter: Condensed Reports of Decisions in Civil Causes in the Court of Appeals (White & Wilson)
Volume: 1
Pages: 243–243

Head Matter:
W. P. Martin v. Hartwell & Chambers.
(No. 60, Op. Book No. 1, p. 158.)
Appeal from Gregg County.
November 13, 1876.

Opinion:
Opinion by
White, J.
§ 491. Appeal bond; misdescription of amount of judgment. The judgment was for $321.18. The appeal bond described it as a judgment for $296.12. Held, that this was a fatal misdescription.
§ 492. New appeal bond only allowed when. Appellant tendered a new appeal bond, correctly describing the judgment. Held: "The cases in which new appeal bonds have been allowed to be given have not extended further than to cure defects for insufficiency in the amount of the bond, or to permit the addition of another security, where but one had signed." [King v. Hopkins, 42 Tex. 48; Shelton v. Wade, 4 Tex. 148; Berry v. Martin, 6 Tex. 264; Hollis v. Border, 10 Tex. 277; Scranton v. Bell, 35 Tex. 413.]
§ 493. Dismissal of appeal does not prejudice right to writ of error. The dismissal of the appeal because of the defective appeal bond does not prejudice the right of appellant to sue out a writ of error in the case.
Appeal dismissed.