Smith v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is an appeal from a final judgment forfeiting a bail bond.

We must reverse this forfeiture because there is no judgment nisi to support the final judgment. The record contains a judgment nisi entered in the 147th District Court of Travis County. It states that the principal failed to appear in that court on September 15, 1975.

The final judgment, however, was entered by the 167th District Court of Travis County. It states that no sufficient cause was demonstrated by the principal for his failure to appear in “this court” on September 15, 1975. There is, however, no…