Case Name: M. V. McMahan v. M. Chambers
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1872
Citations: 36 Tex. 277
Docket Number: 
Parties: M. V. McMahan v. M. Chambers.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Reports
Volume: 36
Pages: 277–278

Head Matter:
M. V. McMahan v. M. Chambers.
An appeal bond executed in a case adjudicated in the County Court, as organized under the Constitution of 1866, described the suit as having been brought to the August term, 1868, whereas the record showed no suit between the parties brought to that term, but one brought to the preceding June term. And the bond failed to designate in what county the suit was brought or the judgment rendered, otherwise than by the marginal caption of “The State of Texas, County of B.” Held, that the District Court did not err in dismissing the appeal for want of a sufficient appeal bond. The marginal caption is understood to indicate the county where the bond was executed, and not that in which the suit was brought or the judgment rendered.
Error from Bastrop. Tried below before the Hon. I. B. McFarland.
The opinion and head-note disclose the case.
Bowers & Walker, and Chandler, Carleton, & Robertson, for the plaintiff in error.
Jones & Sayers, for the defendant in error.

Opinion:
Ogden, J.
We think the District Court did not err in sustaining the motion to dismiss the appeal on account of th¿ irregularity and uncertainty of the appeal bond.
In the first place, the bond describes a suit as having been brought to the August term of the County Court, whereas the record shows no such suit brought to the August but one brought to the June term, as the petition was filed in May, 1868, and by the law then in force the next term of the County Court was held in J une.
Again, the bond fails to show in what county the suit was brought, or in what county the judgment was rendered, from which the appeal was taken. The only description of the county appearing in the bond, is " of said county." It is claimed that as the county of Bastrop appears in the margin of the bond, that becomes a part of the bond and fixes the county where the suit was brought. But we are of the opinion that the margin or caption only fixes the place where the bond was executed. The bond fails in other respects to comply with the statute and the uniform decisions of this court. (McGarrah v. Burney, 4 Texas, 287; Hollis v. Border, 10 Texas, 278; and Smith v. Cheatham, 12 Texas, 37.) And the appeal was properly dismissed, and the judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed.