Midland Ins. Co. v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a surety liable on a bond for second-degree murder would be discharged by an increase in the charge to first-degree murder
• holding surety was discharged on bond when principal was originally charged with second degree murder and then indicted for first degree murder because difference in punishments was potentially substantial – life sentence versus death penalty
• holding surety was discharged on bond when principal was original charged with second degree murder and then indicted for first degree murder because -8- 04-08-00525-CV difference in punishments was potentially substantial – life sentence versus death penalty
• \the offense or offenses may be described by the bond in general terms without technical detail\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).