Billy Bailey v. Eugene A. Brodhead, Receiver for National County Mutual Fire Insurance Company

B.A. SMITH, Justice.

Billy Bailey and Lee Moses, Jr. 1 separately appeal unfavorable summary judgments. Because these two unrelated cases present the same issue, we have consolidated their appeals into one opinion. Each, by a single point of error, complains that the trial court erred in ruling that his suit against Eugene A. Brodhead, the Receiver for National County Mutual Fire Insurance Company (“National”), was time-barred because suit against the insured tortfeasor was time-barred. Both Bailey and Moses contend that they preserved their actions against the Receiver by complying with the…