American Bankers Insurance Co. of Florida v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Justice.
American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida seeks to reform bond forfeiture default judgments by way of writ of error under Rule 45 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. On our own motion we consolidated three separate petitions because they have the same factual eircum-stances and involve the same legal issue. 1 We overrule American’s sole point of error and affirm the trial court’s judgments.
The four elements necessary for review by writ of error are: (1) the petition must be brought within six months of the date of judgment; (2) by a party to the suit; (3) who did not…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Stubbs v. StubbsTexas Supreme Court · 1985
- Brown v. McLennan County Children's Protective ServicesTexas Supreme Court · 1982
- Keith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988
3Cited by3 opinions
- Marshall v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1990
- Shaw v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1991
- American Bankers Insurance Co. of Florida v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991