Texas Commerce Bank National Ass'n v. Wood

OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

Opinion by

Justice CHAVEZ.

We withdraw our opinion of February 11, 1999, and substitute this opinion in its place.

This is an interlocutory appeal 1 from the certification of a class action brought by persons with ties to certain trust accounts against Texas Commerce Bank and various other entities 2 involved in the transfer of those trusts to new fiduciaries. We affirm the certification order.

In 1993 Texas Commerce Bank purchased Ameritrust, a company which served as trustee for trust accounts. Am-eritrust did business in four Texas cities where Texas Commerce did…