Case Name: William HOOD et al., Appellants, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1961-02-01
Citations: 342 S.W.2d 436
Docket Number: No. 32897
Parties: William HOOD et al., Appellants, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 342
Pages: 436–437

Head Matter:
William HOOD et al., Appellants, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 32897.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Feb. 1, 1961.
Chester A. Oehler, Dallas, for appellants.
Henry Wade, Criminal Dist. Atty., James M. Williamson, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
DICE, Commissioner.
This is an appeal by Chester A. Oehler, as a surety upon the appearance bond of William Hood, from a final judgment of Criminal District Court No. 2 of Dallas County forfeiting said bond.
The judgment nisi entered against the principal and sureties on the bond recites that the judgment would be made final unless good cause be shown by the sureties on said bond why the defendant did not appear by "filing a written answer at or before 10:00 o'clock A.M. of the Monday next after the expiration of 20 days after the date of service of Scire Facias or citation
Art. 425, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P., provides that the judgment nisi " shall state that the same will be made final, unless good cause be shown at the next term of court why the defendant did not appear."
A judgment nisi which does not contain this statutory provision is void and cannot be made the basis of a final judgment. See: Blue et al. v, State, Tex.Cr.App., 341 S.W.2d 917; Searcy et al. v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 342 S.W.2d 435; cases cited under Art. 425, V.A.C.C.P., note 3; and 8 Tex. Jur.2d 192, sec. 66, Bail and Recognizance.
The judgment nisi entered in the instant case does' not comply with the statute, is clearly void and cannot support the final judgment from which appellant prosecutes the appeal.
The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.
Opinion approved by the Court.