Grantham v. State

OPINION

WOODLEY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment making final the forfeiture of an appearance bond in the sum of $500.

The bond was executed on April 12, 1965 by Grantham as principal and the appellants Don Herriage and H. C. Trammel as sureties.

Judgment Nisi was entered on December 7, 1965 when the misdemeanor case was called for trial and the defendant Grantham failed to appear.

In their answer the sureties sought to invoke the provision of Art. 436 Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P. (now Art. 22.13) which provides, in part:

“The following causes, and no other, will exonerate the defendant and his…