Hunter v. Fort Worth Capital Corp.

I respectfully dissent.

The legislative intent contrived by the majority opinion of the court cannot survive even casual examination. In article 7.12 of the Texas Business Corporation Act the legislature set a limit of three years on suits against officers, directors and shareholders “for any right or claim existing, or any liability incurred prior to such dissolution.” If the legislature had intended that the limit of three years also would apply to rights or claims arising after the date of the dissolution, they could easily have said so but did not. If the legislature does not mean what it…