SIEGEL v. McGAVOCK DRILLING CO.

No. 8619.

530 S.W.2d 894 (1975)

Ruth SIEGEL and the Estate of Joe W. Siegel, Deceased, Appellants, v. McGAVOCK DRILLING COMPANY, a Texas Corporation, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

Rehearing Denied December 15, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Whittenburg Law Firm, George Whittenburg, Amarillo, for appellants.

Sanders, Saunders, Brian, Finney & Thomas, Ronald D. Nickum, Amarillo, for appellee.


REYNOLDS, Justice.

The result of this appeal is determined by the answer to this question: is a take-nothing summary judgment authorized where the exhibits attached to plaintiffs' sworn account established defendant-movant's affirmative defense of limitation, to avoid which plaintiffs plead payment by defendant's written instrument, not as the cause of action on a new promise, but as a sufficient acknowledgment of the account sued on to renew the running of limitation...

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