Swanson v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

Appellants were sureties upon the appearance bond of George Swanson in two criminal cases. Judgment nisi was entered in each case when the defendant failed to appear, and in each case the judgment was made final in September 1957.

Appellants, as plaintiffs, brought suit against the sheriff, criminal district attorney and district clerk of Dallas County on April 8, 1959, and alleged in paragraph 5 of their petition:

“Plaintiffs further show that the Defendants herein are seeking to treat said judgments as valid and binding on these Plaintiffs, and that although time for appeal or…