Herd v. Home Nat. Bank of Cleburne

(dissenting) I regret that I cannot agree with my associates in dismissing this cause for lack of an appeal bond. I agree with them that the appellate court can hear affidavits to determine its jurisdiction. As I understand the decisions, a clerk is not and should not be permitted by an ex parte affidavit to impeach his own' records.. Gibson v. Singer Sewing Machine Co. (Tex. Civ. App.) 145 S. W. 633; Sumrall v. Russell (Tex. Civ. App.) 262 S. W. 507; Davis v. Finch (Tex. Civ. App.) 236 S. W. 775; Brown v. Boles (Tex. Civ. App.) 52 S. W. 120; Willis v. Smith, 90 Tex. 635, 40 S. W. 401. It has…