Nix v. State

This is an appeal by appellants, Earl and Oeta Nix, sureties on a bail bond, from a judgment forfeiting the bond after defendant-principal failed to appear for trial. The State of Texas filed a motion to dismiss the appeal on the ground that this court was without jurisdiction in an appeal of this nature prior to September 1, 1981.

The appeal arose out of a felony criminal case in the District Court of Nacogdoches County, Texas, styled The State of Texas v. Cledis Clark Weatherford. Prior to trial, Weatherford was at liberty by reason of a bail bond executed by appellants as sureties.

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