First State Bank of Bedias v. Bishop

OPINION

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

WARREN, Justice.

We withdraw our prior opinion and substitute the following:

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted by the Probate Court Number One of Harris County, Texas.

The summary judgment granted appellee a bill of review on four prior probate court orders which had allowed appellant’s claims against the Estate of Thomas W. Bishop, deceased, for unpaid promissory notes executed by the deceased. In essence, the probate court held, in granting the summary judgment, that appellant’s claims were barred because it did not timely file its suit in a court…