Gonzalez v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

The only question for our decision is whether the majority of the San Antonio Court of Civil Appeals rightly granted the motion of our respondent, the defendant and appellee below, to strike the statement of facts and accordingly affirm the non obstante judgment of the trial court against our petitioner, the plaintiff and appellant below, the sole ground of the motion being the failure of petitioner’s counsel to file the statement of facts in the trial court until nine days after the fifty-day period specified in paragraph (a) of Rule 381. (Texas Rules Civ. Proc. Such rules are intended by…