Beaumont Bank, N.A. v. Buller

806 S.W.2d 223 (1991)

BEAUMONT BANK, N.A., and its Successor-in-interest, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Petitioner,

v.

Patricia H. BULLER, Individually and as Legal Representative of the Estate of Paul Buller, Respondent.

No. C-9202.

Supreme Court of Texas.

April 3, 1991.

William B. Allison, William B. Paddock, for petitioner.

C. Marshall Rea, Houston, for respondent.

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 debtor that are otherwise difficult to attach or…