Beaumont Bank, N.A. v. Buller

OPINION

COOK, Justice.

This case arises from the trial court's application of the Texas “turnover” statute, the procedural device by which judgment creditors may reach assets of a debt- or that are otherwise difficult to attach or levy on by ordinary legal process.1 The trial judge found that the respondent, Patricia H. Buller, both individually and as estate representative, possessed cash that was owned by the estate of her deceased husband. The trial court ordered Mrs. Bul-ler to turn over the cash to the sheriff as partial satisfaction of the bank’s judgment against the decedent’s estate.…