Garrett v. Mercantile National Bank

The Court of Civil Appeals dismissed the appeal in this case because it was of the opinion that the transcript had not been . filed within the time required by law.

The Legislature in 1939 enacted a statute known as a rule-making power bill (Vernon’s Texas Statutes Art. 1731a), which became a law on May 15, 1939. The material portions of this Act are as follows:

“Section 1. In order to confer upon and relinquish to the Supreme Court of the State of Texas full rule-making power in civil judicial proceedings, all laws and parts of laws governing the practice and procedure in civil actions are…