13 Tex. 287 | Tex. | 1855
The motion for an affirmance of judgment must be refused. If Zink be not a necessary party to the writ of error, service appears to have been perfected on the 30th day of January, 1854, during the last Term of this Court; and more than forty days having elapsed before the adjournment of the Court, the record should have been filed during that Term. After the expiration of that period, the appellant, under the ruling of this Court in the case of Wheeler v. The
If the writ of error and the proceedings thereon were before us, it might present a different case, and it might become necessary to determine whether Zink was a necessary or proper party to the writ of error, and whether due diligence has been used to obtain service on him. But at present, it is only necessary to determine that the case is not properly before us for an affirmance of the judgment.
Motion overruled.