Ledbetter v. Martinez

Heretofore we dismissed this cause for want of jurisdiction, holding that appellants failed to comply with article 2266, R. S. 1925, in that they made proof of their inability to pay costs of appeal “before the court trying the case” after the adjournment of the term at which the case was tried. In this we followed the general language used in the cases of Wooldridge v. Roller, 52 Tex. 452; Hearne v. Prendergast, 61 Tex. 627; Graves v. Horn, 89 Tex. 77, 33 S. W. 332; Harris v. Davis, Agent (Tex. Civ. App.) 267' S. W. 1045, and other eases which hold in general terms that proof of inability to…