SWANSON v. STATE

No. 31468.

334 S.W.2d 179 (1960)

George SWANSON et al., Appellants, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 2, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. P. Ballowe, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Criminal Dist. Atty., Phil Burleson, John J. Fagan, Assts. Dist. Atty., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

Appellants were sureties upon the appearance bond of George Swanson in two criminal cases. Judgment nisi was entered in each case when the defendant failed to appear, and in each case the judgment was made final in September 1957.

Appellants, as plaintiffs, brought suit against the Sheriff, Criminal District Attorney and District Clerk of Dallas County on April 8, 1959, and alleged in paragraph 5 of their petition:

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