Cowgill v. White

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This case is an appeal from the action of the trial court which dismissed for lack of jurisdiction an interpleader action filed by a receiver in bankruptcy. The trial court dismissed the cause based on a motion filed by the appellee alleging that jurisdiction over the subject matter of the interpleader action was in the County Court at Law Number 1 of Nueces County where a probate proceeding involving the same property had previously commenced.

On October 30, 1973, the appellant was appointed Receiver for Jody Parr in a Chapter XI bankruptcy proceeding filed by Mrs.…