PERRY v. MERRITTE

No. C3026.

643 S.W.2d 496 (1982)

Verna Lee PERRY, Appellant, v. John Drake MERRITTE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

November 24, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carnegie H. Mims, Jr., Jefferson, Sherman & Mims, Houston, for appellant.

Ramona John, Houston, for appellee.

Before MILLER, MORSE and JAMES, JJ.


MORSE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the trial court, wherein the court granted appellee's Motion for Summary Judgment, which was based on the assertion that the action to establish paternity and for support of an illegitimate child was barred by the four-year limitation statute, Tex.Rev.Civ. Stat.Ann. art. 5529 (Vernon 1958). The issue is whether that four-year statute of limitations is tolled during the minority of the child by Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann...

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