· 7/25/1979
Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Christy Jean Wand LaCoke
Citations
- 585 S.W.2d 678
- 22 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 520
- 1979 Tex. LEXIS 316
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “an instrument is deemed filed in law at the time it is left with the clerk, regardless of whether the file mark gives some other date”
- “[A]n instrument is deemed filed when it is placed in the custody or control of the clerk.”
- original petition would have been timely file-marked but for fact that district clerk had instructed postman not to deliver mail; petition was in clerk’s “effective control”
- instrument is deemed filed when placed in custody or control of clerk
- “an instrument is deemed in law filed at the time it is left with the clerk, regardless of whether or not a file mark is placed on the instrument and regardless of whether the file mark gives some other date of filing”
- “that an instrument is deemed in law filed at the time it is left with the clerk, regardless of whether or not a file mark is placed on the instrument and regardless of whether the file mark gives some other date of filing”
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Judges: Johnson
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