Complaint Review: linebarger goggan blair & sampson llp

My wife and i were sued for back taxes in Refugio County district Court, Texas.

TEXAS RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE

Rule 24. Suspension of Enforcement of Judgment Pending Appeal in Civil Cases

24.1. Suspension of Enforcement

(a) Methods. Unless the law or these rules provide otherwise, a judgment debtor may supersede the judgment by:

(24.1C.1.c)

(C) with leave of court, a negotiable obligation of the federal government or of any federally insured and federally or state-chartered bank or savings-and-loan association.

1.U.S. Code › Title 18 › Part I › Chapter 1 › § 8

18 U.S. Code § 8 - Obligation or other security of the United States defined

The term “obligation or other security of the United States” includes all bonds, certificates of indebtedness, national bank currency, Federal Reserve notes, Federal Reserve bank notes, coupons, United States notes, Treasury notes, gold certificates, silver certificates, fractional notes, certificates of deposit, bills, checks, or drafts for money, drawn by or upon authorized officers of the United States, stamps and other representatives of value, of whatever denomination, issued under any Act of Congress, and canceled United States stamps.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 685.)

TEXAS RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE

43.5. Judgment Against Sureties in Civil Cases

When a court of appeals affirms the trial court judgment, or modifies that judgment and renders judgment against the appellant, the court of appeals must render judgment against the sureties on the appellant's supersedeas bond, if any, for the performance of the judgment and for any costs taxed against the appellant.

I have complied with TRAP 24.1.C.1c. over and above the amount that was owed with the taxes, cost of the attorneys and all other costs.

The judge ruled I could not be indigent because I had more in government obligations than what the taxes were. The judge and the attorneys for the plaintiff (Refugio County) refuse to apply my supersedeas bond to the amount owing and continue their efforts to take our real estate from us. They are in violation of federal and state laws.