Court Opinion

ID: 9683889
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 13:39:37.625722+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:51.118362
License: Public Domain

On Motion for Rehearing
Our opinion and judgment of af-firmance in this case were dated March 17, 1950. Rule 458, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, allows fifteen days in which a motion for rehearing may be filed. A computation of that time under Rule 4, Texas Rules Civil Procedure, discloses that the fifteen day period expired on April 1, 1950. Appellant has sent to the clerk of this court, through the United States mail and requested its filing, a motion for rehearing. The envelope in which the enclosure} was received shows a postmark of “Tyler, Texas, April 2, 6:30 P.M., 1950.” The motion was received by the clerk of this court on April 3, 1950. The request for filing is obviously too late.
Under Rule 5, T.R.C.P., we cannot enlarge the time for such filing, “except as stated in the rules relating thereto,” none of which are applicable in this case.
While the instant motion is not affected by the amended Rule 5, supra, effective March 1, 1950, attention is called to that provision in the amended rule, in regard to the postmark on the envelope, noting that if such motions are sent by United States mail they must 'bear a postmark of at least one day before the expiration of the fifteen day period.
We have no option in this case but to deny the filing of appellant’s motion for rehearing. It is so ordered.