Case Name: V. H. Thodberg v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1917-04-11
Citations: 81 Tex. Crim. 225
Docket Number: No. 4430
Parties: V. H. Thodberg v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 81
Pages: 225–227

Head Matter:
V. H. Thodberg v. The State.
No. 4430.
Decided April 11, 1917.
Rehearing granted May 2, 1917.
1. — Scire Facias — Appeal—Brief.
Where the plaintiff in e^rror failed to file a brief in the case in the court below, on an appeal from a forfeited bail bond, the appeal must be dismissed; however, it being shown that the filing of said brief was waived by the attorney for the State, the appeal is reinstated and disposed of on its merits.
a. — Same—Sickness of Principal — Uncontrollable Circumstances.
Where defendant had given a bail bond under a charge of unlawfully carrying'a pistol, and failing to answer said bond was forfeited, but it appeared from the record that defendant afterwards appeared and answered said charge, was convicted thereof, and thereupon filed his answer in the scire facias proceeding, showing that he was too ill at the time of the forfeiture to answer such criminal charge, and there was no controversy about this fact, the forfeiture should not have been made final under subdivision 3, article 500, Code Criminal Procedure, and the judgment is, therefore, reversed and the cause remanded.
Appeal from the County Court of Comanche. Tried below before the Hon. J. H. McMillan.
Appeal from a judgment, nisi, forfeiting a bail bond in the sum of three hundred dollars.
The opinion states the case.
Mark Callaway, for appellant.
On question of filing brief and agreement of parties: Rudy v. State, 191 S. W. Rep., 698; Knight v. Simmons, 168 S. W. Rep., 1018; Crenshaw v. Hempell, 60 Texas Civ. App., 385, 130 S. W. Rep., 731; Rule 102.
E. B. Hendricks, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
This appeal is from a forfeited bail bond under scire facias proceedings. Motion is made by the Assistant Attorney General to dismiss the appeal because brief in the case was not filed in the court below. Hnder the recent case of Rudy v. State, 80 Texas Crim. Rep., 568, 191 S. W. Rep., 698, and authorities there cited, the motion is well taken. The appeal will be dismissed, and it is accordingly so ordered.
Dismissed.
PBENDEBGAST, Judge, absent.