Legal Opinion
Roberts v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided July 1, 1881Published
Error from the District Court of Travis. Tried below before John W. Eobertson, Esq., Special Judge. The opinion shows the material facts.
1Opinion of the CourtWhite, P. J.
This writ of error is prosecuted from a judgment final by default rendered upon a forfeited bail bond. It is contended that the bond is an absolute nullity and void, and imposed no pecuniary obligation whatsoever, because in writing the amount for which the obligors were to become bound there is an omission of the' word “dollars,” and that consequently no sum'of money was expressed. The portion of the bond embraced in the point made is in the following words and figures, viz.:
“State of Texas, County of Falls.
“I, Thomas M. Childers, as principal, and I, F. M. Roberts, and I, F. H. Childers and…
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