Texas Supreme Court

Lubbock County, Texas, Petitioner v. Trammel’s Lubbock Bail Bonds, Gomez Bail Bonds, and Allstate Bail Bonds…

June 20, 200245 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 873

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court held that the presentment statute is not jurisdictional, overruled prior cases that tied accrual of a cause of action to claim rejection, and announced that a reimbursement claim accrues when the unauthorized charge is paid; it remanded for factual determination of statutory authority and barred certain claims by the statute of limitations.