Texas Supreme Court October 7, 1970, B-2011 (Simon v. LD Brinkman & Company)

GREENHILL, Justice.

The narrow procedural question before us is whether there exists the bond, or its equivalent, necessary to give the Court of Civil Appeals jurisdiction of a writ of error. Following a judgment

nihil dicit,

the losers in the trial court made a substantial cash deposit with the clerk in lieu of an appeal and supersedeas bond.