Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 1902

Larsen v. Murray

Larsen v. Murray
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided May 3, 1902 · Rainey
68 S.W. 295; 29 Tex. Civ. App. 520; 1902 Tex. App. LEXIS 362 (South Western Reporter)

Larsen v. Murray

Opinion of the Court

RAINEY, Chief Justice.

Appellant filed a claimant’s oath and bond under which certain property, which had been seized at the instance of appellee, was turned over to her. After tender of issues had been filed, appellant moved the court to require claimant to execute a new bond, as" one of the sureties on claimant’s bond had died, there being originally but two. This motion was sustained, and upon claimant refusing to execute a new bond, claimant’s suit was dismissed, and the property ordered returned to the sheriff. This was error. When claimant filed oath and made bond and the property was delivered to her, she was entitled to have her rights thereto adjudicated, and the subsequent death of one of the sureties did not affect that right. The statute does not require a claimant to give a new bond in such a contingency, and we know of no rule of law that does.

The judgment is therefore reversed and the cause remanded.

Reversed and remanded.

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