Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Christy Jean Wand LaCoke

Supreme Court of Texas · Decided 1979-07-25

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JOHNSON, Justice. The question presented for our decision in this case is whether a petition filed one day late should be deemed to be timely filed when the undisputed cause of the delay was the act of a deputy district clerk. After trial to a jury, the trial court rendered judgment on the verdict dismissing Standard Fire Insurance’s cause for want of jurisdiction and granting Ch…

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