Hill v. Grant

There is no' assignment of errors in the transcript of the record. But the counsel for the defendant suggests delay, which requires this court to look into the record, and if there he errors apparent, the court must notice them. The appellant files a brief, and calls the attention of the court to the sheriff’s •return upon the citation as error. The return is, “executed thirty-first March, 1859, by delivering to the defendant a true .copy of this writ, together with the accompanying certified copy of petition.” Upon tbe authority of Graves v. Robertson, 22 Texas, it is contended this return…