Gulf Coast Investment Corp. v. Lawyers Surety Corp.

ON APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF ERROR

On the authority of Hatcher v. State, 125 Tex. 84, 81 S.W.2d 499, 98 A.L.R. 1213, the Court of Civil Appeals has held that a suit against a notary public and his bonding company for falsifying an acknowledgment is governed by the two-year statute of limitations. 410 S.W.2d 654. We are in agreement with this holding, and accordingly disapprove Standard Accident Insurance Company v. State, Tex.Civ.App., 57 S.W.2d 191 (wr. dis.), in so far. as it is in conflict therewith. The plaintiff here did not attempt to prove when it discovered that the notary’s certificate…