Mid-Continent Refrigerator Co. v. Tackett
This text of 584 S.W.2d 705 (Mid-Continent Refrigerator Co. v. Tackett) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Texas Supreme Court primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
The only point before us is whether the transcript was timely filed in the Court of Civil Appeals. We agree that Monday, January 2, 1978, was a legal holiday for procedural purposes within the meaning of Rule 4 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. The Legislature in 1977 Tex.Gen.Laws, ch. 872, at page 3145 specifically declared Monday, January 2, 1978, to be a “holiday” for state employees. This was not the case in 1967 at the time of Suarez v. Brown, 414 S.W.2d 537 (Tex.Civ.App. — Corpus Christi 1967, writ ref’d). The Legislature chose to prohibit the observance of Monday, January 2, 1967, as a holiday for state employees. 1965 Tex.Gen.Laws, ch. 720, at 1933. The number and date of state holidays are directly related to the appropriation of funds for hours and days of work by state personnel from the State Treasury.
Under this interpretation, the transcript was timely filed. For that reason we refuse the application for writ of error, no reversible error. We express no opinion on the other points before the Court of Civil Appeals.
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