Case Name: Willie Henry Thomas, et al, v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1960-11-16
Citations: 170 Tex. Crim. 494
Docket Number: No. 32,388
Parties: Willie Henry Thomas, et al, v. State
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 170
Pages: 494–495

Head Matter:
Willie Henry Thomas, et al, v. State
No. 32,388.
November 16, 1960
State’s Motion for Rehearing Overruled December 27, 1960
State’s Second Motion for Rehearing Overruled January 25, 1961
P. P. Ballowe, Dallas 11, for appellant.
Henry Wade, Criminal District Attorney, James M. Williamson, Assistant District Attorney, Dallas, and Leon Douglas, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
DICE, Judge
This is an appeal by E. Colley Sullivan and M. E. Fields as sureties upon the bail bond of Willie Henry Thomas from a final judgment of the County Criminal Court No. 2 of Dallas County upon a forfeiture of said bond.
The citation issued and served upon appellants, drawn under Rule 101 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, summoned them "to be and appear before the County Criminal Court No. 2 of Dallas County, Texas, at the Court House of Said County, by filing a written answer at or before 10:00 o'clock A.M. of the Monday next after the expiration of twenty (20) days after the date of service of this citation, and show cause why the forfeiture of said bond should not be made final."
In the Cause No. 32,385, styled Eddie Blue, et al, Appellants v. The State of Texas, Appellee, this day decided, (page 449 this volume), 341 S.W. 2d 917, a similar citation, drawn under Rule 101 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, was held by this court to be insufficient to obtain service upon the sureties in a bond forfeiture proceeding.
For the reasons stated therein, the citation in the instant case is likewise insufficient, and appellant's motion to quash the same should have been by the court sustained.
The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.
Opinion opproved by the Court.