State v. Angell

Citations

• 37 Tex. 357

Syllabus

<p>When it appears in a suit on a forfeited hail bond, that the bond is in every respect in compliance with the statute, this court will not go behind the bond to inquire into the sufficiency or insufficiency of the indictment, or whether it charged the same offense described in the bond; nor can extrinsic evidence be introduced by the sureties on the bond to prove its insufficiency to support a judgment of forfeiture; but a bond which does not, upon its face, bind the accused to appear before some particular court, at some specified time and place, is utterly void, and any action had under it is a mere nullity.</p>