Legal Opinion

Pollak v. Metroplex Consumer Center, Inc.

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided December 15, 1986No. 05-86-00544-CVPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GUITTARD, Chief Justice.

On motion of Metroplex Consumer Center, Inc., we dismissed this appeal because of Joel B. Poliak’s failure to timely file an amended cost bond within the time allowed by an order of this court. Poliak has asked us to reconsider. We grant his request to reconsider, and, for the reasons stated below, vacate our order of dismissal and reinstate the appeal.

Poliak originally perfected this appeal by filing a cost bond, the sureties on which were his two attorneys, the brothers Samuel and Charles Paternostro. No leave of court had been obtained, as required by Texas Rule of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Woods Exploration & Producing Co. v. Arkla Equipment Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1975
  2. Fite v. Johnson, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1983
  3. Womack v. CarsonTexas Supreme Court · 1933
  4. Anzaldua v. Whitman, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1983
  5. General Inv. Corporation v. CarterCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Thomas v. Thomas, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1996
  2. Comunidad Corporation v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2013
  3. Michael Kleinman v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2024

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