Woods Exploration & Producing Co. v. Arkla Equipment Co.

WALKER, Justice.

On the principal question to be decided here, we hold that the clerk’s certificate showing that a deposit has been made in lieu of an appeal bond may, when warranted by the facts, be amended to show that the deposit was made for the benefit of parties not named in the original certificate.

The suit was brought by Arkla Equipment Company against Woods Exploration and Producing Company, Inc. (Exploration), Eastern Pipeline Company (Eastern), and Stanley C. Woods to recover on two promissory notes executed by Exploration and Eastern and partially guaranteed by Stanley C. Woods.…