Hearne v. Prendergast

Citations

• 61 Tex. 627
• 1884 Tex. LEXIS 161

Syllabus

<p>1. Appeal.— The statute (B. S., art. 1401) permitting a party to prosecute an appeal, without bond, on making proof of his inability to pay the costs or any part thereof, is not complied with by making a mere affidavit of inability to pay costs before a notary, the record containing no evidence that the sufficiency of the proof qf inability was passed upon in any manner by the officers on whom the statute devolves that duty.</p>