STANDARD FIRE INS. CO. v. LaCOKE

No. B-8203.

585 S.W.2d 678 (1979)

The STANDARD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Christy Jean Wand LaCOKE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied September 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bailey, Williams, Westfall, Lee & Fowler, C. Edward Fowler, Jr. and Stephen G. Koerner, Dallas, for petitioner.

Law Offices of Windle Turley, Larry D. Morris and Larry Hayes, Dallas, for respondent.


JOHNSON, Justice.

The question presented for our decision in this case is whether a petition filed one day late should be deemed to be timely filed when the undisputed cause of the delay was the act of a deputy district clerk. After trial to a jury, the trial court rendered judgment on the verdict dismissing Standard Fire Insurance's cause for want of jurisdiction and granting Christy Jean Wand LaCoke judgment on her suit to mature the award of the Industrial Accident...

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