AAAction Plumbing Co. v. Stewart

I respectfully dissent and file this opinion on motion for rehearing. I believe we should withdraw our earlier opinion and reinstate the appeal.

After AAAction Plumbing Company and Southwestern Air Systems, Inc., appellants (collectively, AAAction), filed this appeal, Ellen McCarter Stewart, appellee, filed a motion to dismiss the appeal for want of *503jurisdiction. Stewart asserts that AAAction did not file the cost bond on time, and therefore did not perfect the appeal.

In 1989, Christmas fell on a Monday. By order of the Harris County Commissioners Court, the Harris County courthouse was closed…