Walker v. State

ALEXANDER, Justice.

This action was brought by J. M. Walker, by and with the consent of the Legislature, against the State of Texas, in the nature of a bill of review, to set aside certain judgments previously rendered in favor of the State against the plaintiff herein and others in certain actions brought by the State to forfeit a number of bail bonds. Il was alleged, in substance, that in 1888 one Will Mitchell was charged by indictment in Falls county in each of nine cases with the offense of cattle theft, and that the plaintiff and certain other parties as sureties executed bail bonds in…