Pridgen v. Walker

Citations

• 37 Tex. 410

Syllabus

<p>1. The only description contained in an appeal bond of the judgment appealed from, was “ a judgment rendered in the District Court of said “ H. county, at the March Term, 1872, of said District Court, for a par- “ tition of six hundred acres of land, lying in said county.” Held, not to be a sufficient description of the judgment appealed from.</p> <p>2. An appeal bond was conditioned that the appellants should “ prosecute “The appeal with effect, and pay all costs and damages awarded against “ them by reason of said appeal, then this obligation to be null and “ void, otherwise to remain in full force and effect.” Held, not to be conditioned according to law, and therefore void.</p>