Legal Opinion
Shelley v. Southwick
Texas Supreme Court
Decided January 15, 1868PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Error from Liberty. The case was tried before Hon. O. W. Buckley, one of the district judges. The record was frightfully long, covering two hundred and nine pages.
1Opinion of the Court
Morrill, O. J.
—The petition for the writ of error states that the judgment was rendered on the 21st September, I860.'
*126The petition was filed on the 6th April, 1867, and bond executed same day.
The statute [Paschal’s Dig., Art. 4616] requires all writs of error to be prosecuted within two years from the time of judgment.
The motion of defendant in error to strike the case from the docket at costs of plaintiffs in error is sustained.
Dismissed.'
2Cited by1 opinion
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