Case Name: C. T. Gaither et al v. State (two cases)
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1951-12-12
Citations: 156 Tex. Crim. 503
Docket Number: Nos. 25550, 25551
Parties: C. T. Gaither et al v. State (two cases)
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 156
Pages: 503–504

Head Matter:
C. T. Gaither et al v. State (two cases)
Nos. 25550, 25551.
December 12, 1951.
Hon. Henry King, Judge Presiding.
Tom Howard, Dallas, for appellants.
Henry Wade, Criminal District Attorney, and J. J. Fagan, Assistant Criminal District Attorney, Dallas, and George P. Blackburn, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
MORRISON, Judge.
These are bond forfeiture proceedings which were consolidated.
The state has moved to dismiss these appeals under Rule 415 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, because no brief was filed for appellant within the time required by Rule 414 thereof. Appellant has filed a reply to the state's motion, in which he explains his delay by saying that he thought the rule for filing briefs in bond forfeiture cases was the same as in criminal cases.
Article 864, Code of Criminal Procedure, provides for appeals in bond forfeiture cases.
Article 866, Code of Criminal Procedure, provides that in such cases the proceedings shall be regulated by the same rules that govern civil actions.
In compliance with the above rules and our holdings in Taylor v. State, 152 Tex. Cr. R. 625, 216 S. W. (2d) 206, the state's motion is granted, and the appeals are dismissed for want of prosecution.