Legal Opinion

Holmes v. McIntyre

Texas Supreme Court

Decided January 29, 1884No. Case No. 1637PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from Grimes. Tried below before the Hon. John R. Kennard.

1Opinion of the Court

Willie, Chief Justice.—

We are of opinion that the district court did not err in dismissing the appeal taken from the justice’s court for want of a sufficient affidavit of inability to pay costs.

The affidavit does not state the number of the case in which the appeal is taken, nor the court in which the judgment appealed from was rendered, nor the nature or the amount of the judgment entered up against him. From the affidavit itself no one could tell what judgment it referred to, as it contains no description which would identify it.

The reasons for which certainty sufficient to properly…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Smith v. CheathamTexas Supreme Court · 1854
  2. Hollis v. BorderTexas Supreme Court · 1853
  3. Horton v. BodineTexas Supreme Court · 1857

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Perry v. ScottTexas Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Wesley v. KutemanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1901

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