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TEXAS RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE / RULE 35
TRCP 35: On official bonds
Joining sureties on official bonds when the timing of a default and the liable set of sureties are difficult to determine.
Rule 35, illustrated
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In suits brought by the State or any county, city, independent school district, irrigation district, or other political subdivision of the State, against any officer who has held an office for more than one term, or against any depository which has been such depository for more than one term, or has given more than one official bond, the sureties on each and all such bonds may be joined as defendants in the same suit whenever it is difficult to determine when the default sued for occurred and which set of sureties on such bonds is liable therefor.