American Star Energy and Minerals Corporation v. Richard "dick" Stowers, Richard W. Stowers, Frank K. Stowers and Linda Sue Jasurda

In this case we must decide whether Texas partnership law requires a plaintiff seeking to enforce a partner’s liability for a partnership debt to sue the partner within the limitations period on the underlying claim against the partnership. Here, a judgment creditor attempted to collect from a partnership after litigating a contract claim for over a decade and a half, only to find the partnership insolvent. When the creditor sought a judgment against the individual partners, the trial court ruled the limitations period began when the underlying cause of action accrued. Because that period had…