# Ward v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · February 9, 1921 · 227 S.W. 947

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4997786

## Case

- **Full name:** WARD v. STATE
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- **Decided:** February 9, 1921
- **Citations:** 227 S.W. 947
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court by Morrow
- **Judges:** Morrow
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

MORROW, P. J.
This case, by regular procedure, is on appeal from a judgment of the district court of Tarrant county adjudging the appellant guilty of a felony.
It has been made to appear to this court by the written affidavit of Hon. Jesse M. Brown, attorney for the state, that since the appeal was prosecuted the appellant died. The effect of his death was to abate the appeal. March v. State, 5 Tex. App. 450.
The appeal being abated, it is ordered that the cause be stricken from the docket.
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