Case Name: R. G. Peters v. T. J. Duke, County Judge
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1882-12-21
Citations: 1 White & W. 124
Docket Number: No. 2306, R. Book No. 4, p. 268
Parties: R. G. Peters v. T. J. Duke, County Judge.
Judges: 
Reporter: Condensed Reports of Decisions in Civil Causes in the Court of Appeals (White & Wilson)
Volume: 1
Pages: 124–124

Head Matter:
R. G. Peters v. T. J. Duke, County Judge.
(No. 2306, R. Book No. 4, p. 268.)
Appeal from Hood County.
December 21, 1882.

Opinion:
Opinion by
White, P. J.
§ 304. Bond for hire of county convicts, suit on; disqualification of judge. In a suit upon a bond executed under the provisions of art. 3604, Rev. Stats., for the hire of a county convict, the county judge has no such interest in the suit as would disqualify him from trying the cause.
§ 305. Hirer; his liability, when fixed. The hirer of a convict is not liable upon his bond, where convict has escaped, for the amount of the bond, or any part thereof, until the bond becomes due; because he may, by terms of the statute, if he re-arrests the convict before the bond becomes due, so fix his liability as to limit it to the pay due only for the time that such convict remained with him [Eev. Stats, art. 3605], and a suit brought upon such bond, before its maturity, is prematurely brought, and cannot be maintained.
Reversed and remanded.