Legal Opinion
Tom Benson v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided August 31, 2015No. 03-15-00121-CRPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Scott K. Field, Justice
This is an appeal from a final judgment in a bond-forfeiture suit. Roy Whipple, the principal, was charged with a misdemeanor offense in'Travis County. Appellant Tom Benson, the surety, filed a bond conditioned on Whipple’s subsequent appearance. Whipple later failed to appear in 'court as. required. Consequently, the trial court issued a judgment nisi and declared the bond forfeited. See Tex. Code Crinh Proc. art. 22.02.
The State later filed a motion for summary judgment contending that it had established every element of its bond-forfeiture claim as a matter of…
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