Court Opinion

ID: 9831364
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 21:01:30.053751+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:43:33.972619
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On Rehearing.
The original opinion by this court reversed the judgment of the trial court on the ground that it refused to permit the filing of a plea in abatement, based upon the fact that the plaintiff corporation had not paid its franchise tax to the state of Texas. On motion for rehearing, we were asked to reverse this holding to view of the fact that the tax had been paid subsequent to the .’trial and appeal of the case. The fact of such payment was evidenced by a certificate to that effect incorporated in said motion for rehearing, and to that way called to our attention for the first time. Considering this, and other points, we certified certain questions to the Supreme Court, one of which involved our right to give any effect whatever to the fact *883evidenced by said certificate of the secretary of state. The questions propounded and the answers thereto will be found in Stephens County v. J. N. McCammon, Inc. (Tex. Sup.) 52 S.W.(2d) 53.
Upon the authority of that opinion, and after due consideration of the other questions presented by the motion for rehearing and the supplemental motion for rehearing, said motions are in all respects overruled.