Deposit Coin Here

In Moby-Dick, Captain Ahab nailed a gold coin to the mast as an incentive to spot the white whale. In Combs v. Crepeau, the judgment debtor deposited a gold coin into the trial court’s registry as part of the supersedeas for a substantial civil judgment. The Fifth Court distinguished a permissible order requring a cash deposit from an impermissible order appointing a post-judgment receiver (in the supersedeas setting), noting: “Placing money into the court’s registry is a means of keeping the money safe.” No. 05-23-00088-CV (Aug. 21, 2023) (mem. op.).