25 Tex. 210 | Tex. | 1860
—There was no error in the judgment enjoining the execution as to-the plaintiff, Watson, for the plain reason, that there was no judgment to .support the execution as to him. He had joined in the appeal bond, it is true—at least his name appears as one of the sureties on the bond; but the appellees had not chosen to take judgment against Mm on the bond upon the affirmance of the judgment, as was their right. (O. & W. Dig., Art. 1921.) And as the appeal bond had not the force and effect of a judgment, (Ib.,Art. 549,) it is manifest that execution could not legally issue either upon the judgment of tMs court or upon the appeal bond. The execution, having issued without authority of law, was void, and was, therefore, very properly enjoined.
It is not controverted that the execution was improperly issued; but it is insisted, for the appellant, that, upon the case brought before the court by the allegations and proof, and under the prayer for general relief, the court should have proceeded to give judgment and award execution against the plaintiff, Watson, upon the bond. This court has often recognized and acted on the rule in equity that, although the party, in his special prayer for relief, has mistaken the relief to wMch he is entitled, yet under the prayer for general relief he shall have awarded him the appropriate relief to which, upon the allegations and proof, he may appear to be entitled. And if the allegations of the appellants and the proofs clearly showed them entitled to the rendition of judgment and execution upon the bond, the present might be a proper case for the application of the rule. But it is essential that the defendant should have so framed his answer as. to show himself entitled to judgment upon the bond. At all events, the allegations of the party must not be repugnant to the granting of such relief; which, it is conceived, is the case here presented by the answer. It is averred that the plaintiff, Watson, was a party defendant to the judgment ren
We are of opinion that there is no error in the judgment, and it is •
Affirmed.