Legal Opinion
Blalock v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Decided July 1, 1872PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from Wood. Tried below before the Hon. Z. Horton. The facts are disclosed by the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, P. J.
Blalock was indicted for aggravated assault upon one Shuford ; was arrested, gave bond for his appearance, which he forfeited, and judgment nisi was taken against himself and sureties.
Scire facias issued, was served, and the judgment nisi made final only against the sureties, omitting to name the defendant Blalock.
The judgment should have included the principal with the sureties; it is therefore reversed and remanded.
Reversed and remanded.
2Cited by2 opinions
- General Bonding & Casualty Ins. v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
- Cowen v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1878