Ezell v. Knapp & Elliott
Decision Date | 10 June 1931 |
Docket Number | No. 1450-5685.,1450-5685. |
Parties | EZELL v. KNAPP & ELLIOTT. |
Court | Texas Supreme Court |
Action by Knapp & Elliott against T. A. Ezell. Plaintiff recovered judgment in justice court, and defendant appealed to the county court. From a judgment of the county court quashing the appeal bond and denying permission to file a new and amended bond and dismissing the case, defendant appealed to the Court of Civil Appeals (40 S. W.(2d) 1110), which certifies questions.
First question answered.
Beall & Beall, of Sweetwater, for appellant.
T. Vard Woodruff, of Sweetwater, for appellee.
This cause is before the Supreme Court upon the following certificate from the honorable Court of Civil Appeals of the Eleventh District:
As shown by the foregoing certificate, the construction of article 1840, R. S. 1925, is involved. A brief history of the matters embraced within article 1840 will be helpful in reaching a decision.
The old article 1025 in the Revised Statutes of 1895 reads: "When there is a defect of substance or form in any appeal or writ of error bond, on motion to dismiss the same for such defect the court may allow the same to be amended by filing in the said courts of civil appeals a new bond, on such terms as the court may prescribe."
Article 1025 was brought forward in the codification of the laws as article 1609 in the Revised Civil Statutes of 1911.
In 1905 the Legislature adopted the following: "When an appeal has been or shall be taken from the judgment of any of the courts of this State by filing a bond or entering into a recognizance within the time prescribed by law, in such cases and it shall be determined by the court to which appeal is taken that such bond or recognizance is defective in form or substance, such appellate court may allow the appellant to amend such bond or recognizance by filing a new bond on such terms as the court may prescribe." Acts 1905, c. 115, § 1.
The foregoing act, enacted by the Legislature in 1905, above quoted, was brought forward as article 2104 in the codification of the Revised Statutes of 1911.
In 1925 the statutes of this state were again codified and adopted by the Legislature and known as the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas. As a result of the work of the codifiers, article 1840 R. S. 1925 was adopted and reads: "When there is a defect of substance or form in any appeal or writ of...
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