Blue v. State

ON STATE MOTION FOR REHEARING

WOODLEY, Judge.

The proceedings relating to Bond Forfeiture are entirely statutory. Nichlos v. State, 158 Tex. Cr. R. 337, 255 S.W. 2d 522.

A bond forfeiture is a criminal action, but after the entry of judgment nisi all the proceedings, unless otherwise provided, are *453governed by the same rules as govern in civil causes; that is, by the applicable Rules of Civil Procedure. See cases cited under Art. 433 V.A.C.C.P., Note 2.

Art. 425 C.C.P. requires that the judgment nisi state that the same will be made final, unless good cause be shown at the next term of court why…