Briscoe v. Gulf Supply Co., Inc.

January 9,1981 Transcript of the clerk of the trial court was received and filed by the clerk of this appellate court. This filing was by direction of the court because presented after date of January 1, 1981 when the new and/or amended Rules of Civil Procedure became effective. It was believed that while there was no doubt but that we ultimately would disregard or perhaps dismiss the transcript filed on January 9,1981 because it was not timely presented, nevertheless we were obliged to accept and file it. Tex.R.Civ.P. 386 “Time to File Transcript and Statement of Facts.”

Under neither the old…