Legal Opinion
Hart v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 17, 1883No. 1386Published
Error from the District Court of Bowie. Tried below before the Hon. B. T. Estes. Error in this case was prosecuted for the forfeiture of the appearance bond of Simon Hart, bailed under a charge of theft. The amount of the bond and judgment was eight hundred dollars. The opinion discloses the entire case.
1Opinion of the CourtWhite, P. J.
This is a writ of error sued out by appellants to revise the action of the District Court of Bowie county in rendering a final judgment on a forfeited bail bond. A motion is made by the Assistant Attorney General to dismiss the writ of error upon two grounds; because, to.-wit:
“1. This cause is a civil suit and the Court of Appeals has no appellate jurisdiction in civil cases tried in the district court.
“2. If this cause is a criminal case, then the Court of Appeals has no jurisdiction to revise a criminal case by writ of error, but only by appeal.”
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