State v. U. T. L. Aeronautics, Inc.

The State of Texas sued U.T.L. Aeronautics, Inc., for delinquent personal property taxes and recovered a judgment for $1,016.26 plus costs. To satisfy this judgment, a writ of execution issued, but it was *121returned nulla bona. Believing that U.T.L. Aeronautics owned sufficient property to pay the judgment, the State, pursuant to Rule 737, Tex.R.Civ.P., brought a bill of discovery suit, in which it sought the right to examine U.T.L. Aeronautics upon oral interrogatories to determine the nature and location of all of U.T.L. Aeronautics’ property.

The State later moved the trial court to dismiss…