Legal Opinion
House of God Day Care v. Jim Snell Master Plumber, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided November 7, 1985No. 09 85 120 CVPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BURGESS, Justice.
Jim Snell sued the House of God Day Care Center in Small Claims Court of Jefferson County, Texas. A judgment was entered in favor of Jim Snell on November 1, 1984. The appeal bond was due on or before November 11, 1984. TEX.R.CIV.P. 571. November 11, 1984, was a Sunday and the Jefferson County Courthouse observed the next day, Monday, November 12, 1984, as the Veteran’s Day holiday. The day care center filed their appeal bond on Tuesday, November 13, 1984.
Jim Snell filed a motion to dismiss the appeal claiming the appeal bond had not been timely filed. The judge of the…
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