context: Though the Texas Supreme Court has impliedly frowned on the Butts/McConnell rule, it has not expressly overruled those cases.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 374 S.W.2d 871, 875
citation_a.parenthetical: "After a principle, rule or proposition of law has been squarely decided by the [Texas] Supreme Court, ... the decision is accepted as a binding precedent by the same court or other courts of lower rank when the very point is again presented in a subsequent suit between different parties."
citation_a.sentence: See Guest, 195 S.W.3d at 688-89 (assuming that Butts and McConnell have “survive[d]” and citing several cases espousing a reasonable, but liberal, interpretation of the applicable rules so that the right of appeal is not lost due to overly technical application of rules). We are duty bound to follow the Texas Supreme Court’s authoritative expressions of law. See In re K.S., 76 S.W.3d 36, 49 (Tex.App.Amarillo 2002, no pet.); see also Swilley v. McCain, 374 S.W.2d 871, 875 (Tex.1964) (“After a principle, rule or proposition of law has been squarely decided by the [Texas] Supreme Court, ... the decision is accepted as a binding precedent by the same court or other courts of lower rank when the very point is again presented in a subsequent suit between different parties.”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 76 S.W.3d 36, 49
citation_b.parenthetical: assuming that Butts and McConnell have "survive[d]" and citing several cases espousing a reasonable, but liberal, interpretation of the applicable rules so that the right of appeal is not lost due to overly technical application of rules
citation_b.sentence: See Guest, 195 S.W.3d at 688-89 (assuming that Butts and McConnell have “survive[d]” and citing several cases espousing a reasonable, but liberal, interpretation of the applicable rules so that the right of appeal is not lost due to overly technical application of rules). We are duty bound to follow the Texas Supreme Court’s authoritative expressions of law. See In re K.S., 76 S.W.3d 36, 49 (Tex.App.Amarillo 2002, no pet.); see also Swilley v. McCain, 374 S.W.2d 871, 875 (Tex.1964) (“After a principle, rule or proposition of law has been squarely decided by the [Texas] Supreme Court, ... the decision is accepted as a binding precedent by the same court or other courts of lower rank when the very point is again presented in a subsequent suit between different parties.”).