Cecil J. Chisholm v. Bewley Mills, a Corporation

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court affirmed the lower courts, holding that the thirty‑day filing requirement of Article 3523 of the probate statutes is directory, not mandatory, and that failure to file a certified copy of a judgment within that period does not, by itself, bar an otherwise valid claim. The Court declined to resolve the question of whether the deadline runs from the judgment's rendition or from its finality.