Case Name: MARTIN HEDRICK COMPANY, et al., Appellants, v. Charles W. GOTCHER, et ux., Appellees
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1983-03-17
Citations: 656 S.W.2d 509
Docket Number: No. 10-82-170-CV
Parties: MARTIN HEDRICK COMPANY, et al., Appellants, v. Charles W. GOTCHER, et ux., Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 656
Pages: 509–511

Head Matter:
MARTIN HEDRICK COMPANY, et al., Appellants, v. Charles W. GOTCHER, et ux., Appellees.
No. 10-82-170-CV.
Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.
March 17, 1983.
Rehearing Denied April 28, 1983.
William F. McKinney, Harper, McKinney & Pitts, Fort Worth, for appellants.
John V. Dowdy, Jr., Dauphin Whitehead, Arlington, for appellees.

Opinion:
OPINION
THOMAS, Justice.
Appellant appeals from an adverse judgment signed August 5,1982, questioning the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence through six points of error.
Since Appellant had filed a motion for new trial in the trial court, the statement of facts must have been filed with the appellate court on or before Monday, November 15, 1982, which would have been within 100 days after judgment was signed. Rule 386, T.R.C.P. No motion was filed to extend the time of filing under Rule 21c, T.R.C.P. The statement of facts was received and filed with the Court of Appeals on November 16, 1982, having been mailed under postmark of November 15, 1982. If the statement of facts had been postmarked one day or more prior to November 15, 1982, we could have considered same. Rule 5, T.R.C.P. The statement of facts was not timely filed, and we are, therefore, without authority to treat the statement of facts as a proper part of the record for disposing of the appeal upon its merits. B.D. Click Co. v. Safari Drilling Corp., 638 S.W.2d 860 (Tex.1982); Briscoe v. Gulf Supply Co. Inc., 612 S.W.2d 88 (Tex.Civ.App.—Fort Worth 1981, writ ref'd n.r.e.).
Under the circumstances, every presumption must be indulged in favor of the trial court's findings and judgment, as Appellant's point of error cannot be reviewed without a statement of facts. Home Fund, Inc. v. Garland, 520 S.W.2d 939 (Tex.Civ.App.—Fort Worth 1975, writ refused n.r.e.).
Judgment is affirmed.