Case Name: THOMAS v. MURPHY et al.
Court: Texas Commission of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1935-04-17
Citations: 81 S.W.2d 59
Docket Number: No. 1562-6829
Parties: THOMAS v. MURPHY et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 81
Pages: 59–59

Head Matter:
THOMAS v. MURPHY et al.
No. 1562-6829.
Commission of Appeals of Texas, Section B.
April 17, 1935.
Weslow, Beadle & Mooney, of Houston, for plaintiff in error.
Sewell, Taylor, Morris & Garwood, Fulbright, Crooker & Freeman, Lester Settegast, and R. E. Seagler, all of Houston, for defendants in. error.

Opinion:
SMEDLEY, Commissioner.
This case is ruled by Independent Life Insurance Company of America v. Work (Tex. Sup.) 77 S.W.(2d) 1036, Dallas Storage & Warehouse Co. v. Taylor (Tex. Sup.) 77 S.W. (2d) 1031, and Millers Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Texas v. Wilkirson (Tex. Sup.) 77 S.W.(2d) 1035, construing subdivisions 28, 29, and 30 of article 2092, Revised Civil Statutes of 1925, after the amendment of subdivision 28 by chapter 70, Acts 5th Called Sess. 41st Leg. 1930 (Vernon's Ann. Civ. St. art. 2092, subd. 28).
Judgment was rendered in the trial court on December 13, 1933, against plaintiff in error, and in favor of defendants in error. On December 21, 1933, plaintiff in error filed his motion for new trial, which was not presented to the court until January 29, 1934, when it was overruled by the court because presented more than thirty days after its filing. Plaintiff .in error filed his appeal bond on February 13, 1934. The Court of Civil Appeals dismissed the appeal. 70 S.W.(2d) 1020.
The motion for new trial was overruled by operation of law at the expiration of thirty days from December 21, 1933, the date of As filing, that is on January 20, 1934. The appeal bond was filed, as required by subdivision 31 of article 2092, within thirty days after the date last named. The appeal should not have been dismissed.
The judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals dismissing the appeal is reversed and the cause is remanded to that court.
Opinion adopted by the Supreme Court.