Jarvis v. Taylor County

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of appellee for the sum of $51.45 against Burt T. Jarvis as principal and W. L. Grogan and C. M. Tandy, sureties upon what is termed a “convict bond,” executed by virtue of Revised Statutes 1911, art. 6251. The district court, which it has been held has jurisdiction to try such suits (see Hill Co. v. Atchison, 19 Tex. Civ. App. 664, 49 S. W. 141) filed the following conclusions upon which the ease has been presented to us, viz.:

“I. The court finds that a complaint was duly filed in the recorder’s court of the city of Abilene, Tex., duly signed and…