Reid v. Fernandez
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Webb. Tried below before the Hon. John 0. Russell. The judgment from which O. P. Beid attempted to appeal was rendered during the Spring Term, 1879, of the Webb-county District Court.
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Appeal from Webb. Tried below before the Hon. John 0. Russell. The judgment from which O. P. Beid attempted to appeal was rendered during the Spring Term, 1879, of the Webb-county District Court. The following is the instrument filed as an appeal bond, and which received construction in the opinion: “ O. P. Reid n vs. ( No. 205. Ygnacio Fernandez. ) Whereas Ygnacio Fernandez recovered a judgment in the District Court, holden in and for the county of Webb, on the 14th day of October, A. D. 1879, against O. P. Reid, for the sum of $887.67, value of property of defendant seized by plaintiff, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Moore, Chief Justice.
The embarrassment occasioned by the different conditions presented in our former statutes, upon which judgments of the District Court might be brought by appeal and writ of error to this court, has been the subject of *382frequent comment. It was the evident purpose of the Revised Statutes to simplify the law regarding this matter, and relieve parties desiring to remove cases to this court from doubt and uncertainty as to the character of bond they are required to give for this purpose.
By the law in force when this judgment was rendered, if bond is required for the removal of…
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