Cravens v. Wilson
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Shelby. Tried below before the Hon. George Lane [In this case and the one following, Chief Justice Roberts. and Associate Justice Moore were disqualified, and John C. Robertson, Esq., and T. W. Jones, Esq., were appointed special judges.] A motion was made to dismiss this case, on grounds set forth in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Tignal W. Jones, Special Justice.
The defendants in. error ask the court to dismiss this case on several grounds.
*322The first ground, of the motion is, substantially, that the writ of error was never served on C. S. Hicks and H. W. Kidd, two of the parties to the judgment in the court below: and the second is, that there is no acceptance of service by them of the petition for the writ of error on file in the District Court.
It is shown, by the record, that Hicks and N. W. Kidd were sureties of the plaintiff in the court below on his costs bond, and that judgment was rendered by that court against…
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