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Sumner & Greener v. Carlson

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided October 22, 1987No. 2-87-185-CVPublished

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION ON MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE RECORD ON APPEAL

KELTNER, Justice.

Appellants (Sumner and Greener, a Texas general partnership, and Houcon, Inc., f/k/a Greener and Sumner Construction, Inc.), filed a motion to extend time for filing the record. Appellees (Curtis E. and Kathleen Carlson, and Jack and Suzanne Bourn), filed a response objecting to that motion.

We write to clarify a troublesome question in the law — whether to grant an extension of time to file the statement of facts when a request was made within the time period provided by TEX.R.APP.P. 53(a), but when the request…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Pool v. Ford Motor Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1986
  2. Inpetco, Inc. v. Texas American Bank/Houston N.A.Texas Supreme Court · 1987
  3. Patterson v. HallTexas Supreme Court · 1968
  4. Adams v. HR Management and La Plaza, Ltd., Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1985
  5. Winston International Electronics, Inc. v. Rio Radio Supply, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1986

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