On Motion for Rehearing.
Appellee has filed a motion for rehearing containing eight assignments o'f error. We have decided that the motion should be overruled and are of the opinion that no further comment is necessary save as to the first, second and eighth assignments, which are as follows:
(First) “This Honorable Court erred in holding that the Order of Dismissal is expressly based upon the sustaining of a special exception and Appellant’s consequent refusal to amend.”
(Second) “This Honorable Court erredi in failing to consider the undisputed facts admitted by Appellant under oath, under Rule 169 of the Rules of Civil Procedure of Texas, which admissions were the -basis of the final judgment rendered in this cause by the Trial Court below.”
(Eighth) “This Honorable Court erred in not holding that the insured’s failure to furnish the insurer with medical reports every thirty days, or to give the insurer any notice whatsoever of her injury as required by the policy until one hundred forty-eight (148) days had elapsed from the date o'f the alleged injury, defeated her right to recover under said policy, inasmuch as both of such failures on her part constituted breach of conditions precedent to any liability under the policy.”
In our original opinion we described the judgment appealed from as being a judgment of dismissal rendered after a refusal to amend upon the sustaining of a special exception. It is more accurate to say that we treated the judgment as one of dismissal after the sustaining of an exception and a failure to amend. The order which followed the sustaining of the exception was one that plaintiff take nothing, a form of order more appropriate in a judgment rendered after the trial o'f a case upon the facts. In our original disposition of this appeal we did not consider certain admissions made by appellant in accordance with the procedure provided for in Rule 169, R. C. P. As above indicated, appellee contends that -this was error and says that, “The final judgment of the Trial Court is based on the facts admitted under oath by appellant.” In a supplemental brief appel-lee states that “The Texas and Federal cases cited by appellee in its Motion for Rehearing are clear in holding that when the Court has all the facts before it under the Sworn Admissions Rule, it is the duty of the trial court to render summary judgment against the adverse party.”
The judgment appealed from does not contain a recitation that the “case came on for trial.” It is not contended the rules set forth under the sub-heading entitled “The Trial” (Nos. 262-270) were complied with. On the contrary, it appears that the case came on to b& heard “on the Special Exceptions contained in Defendant’s Original Answer, filed herein on the 31st day of October, 1947, and for pre-trial hearing.” The court concluded that a part of one special exception (set out in the original opinion) was well taken. From recitations contained in the judgment, it appears that the trial court considered certain admissions made under Rule 169, R. C. P., in ruling upon the exception and in disposing of the case. The judgment then provides as follows:
“It is, therefore, ordered, adjudged and decreed by the court that the parts and portion of Defendant’s Special Exception above quoted be and it is hereby sustained:
“And the Plaintiff, through his attorney, having in open court stated to this court that he cannot amend his Original Petition on file herein to allege compliance with the provisions in said policy quoted hereinabove *1015on Page 2 of this judgment, and which deal with reports in writing from insured’s physician or surgeon fully stating the condition of the insured and the probable duration of her disability, and which plaintiff has by his sworn admission under Rule 169 of the Rules of Civil Procedure of Texas, admitted under oath to be part of the policy sued on herein, and which the court finds is a condition, precedent to liability on the part of defendant to plaintiff herein; and it further appealing to the coiM't tha>t the plaintiff does not have a ca/use of action against the defendant and there remains nothing further to be tried in this cause; and it further appearing to the court that judgment should be for the defendant :
“It is, therefore, ordered, adjudged and decreed by the Court that the Plaintiff, James B. Hazlitt, do have and recover nothing of and from the Defendant, The Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company, and that Defendant recover of and from the Plaintiff all costs of suit herein, for which let execution issue.” (Italics ours.)
Under 'the eighth assignment of error above set out it is argued that certain of appellant’s admissions under Rule 169 demonstrate that he can not recover. For instance, as pointed out in the original opinion, appellant pleaded that neither he nor his wife was able to give notice of claim or injury within ninety days after such injury, but did give notice as soon as it was reasonably possible to do so. Appellee states, however, that “Appellant, by sworn admissions, admits that his wife (insured) was up and around downtown San Antonio, having conferences with her doctor and her lawyer in their offices, and having numerous telephone conversations with them, each and every month after her injury was sustained on March 2, 1947, and up to July 28, 1947. It is pointed out that the Appellant is not the insured, but, on the other hand, his wife is the insured. Both she and appellant owed the duty to appellee to see that -the reports were furnished.” Based upon its statement as to said admissions, appellee contends that appellant can not recover upon authority of Texas Life Insurance Co. v. Sharp, Tex.Civ.App., 146 S.W.2d 447, as the admitted facts show no valid excuse for failure to give notice of claim within the proper time.
Assuming the validity of appellee’s contention, a case for the rendition of a summary judgment under Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S. C.A. following section 723c, would be presented. That rule provides that either the claimant or defending party may move for summary judgment. Subdivision (c) of the rule provides that,
“The motion shall be served at least 10 days before the time specified for the hearing. The adverse party prior to the day of hearing may serve opposing affidavits. The judgment sought shall be rendered forthwith if the pleadings, depositions, and admissions on file, together, with the affidavits, if any, show that, except as to the amount of damages, there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.”
Although summary judgment procedure has been used in England and a number erf the American states for many years (28 U.S.C.A. Rules of Civil Procedure, following rule 56, p. 705) and made a part of the federal procedure, it has not been adopted in Texas. Charles E. Clark, “The Texas and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,” 20 Texas Law Review 4. Robert W. Stayton, “The Scope and Function of Pleading under the New Federal and Texas Rules: A Comparison,” 20 Texas Law Review, 16.
The appellee must therefore await the time until the case is called for trial and a hearing of the facts takes place in accordance with appropriate rules in order to take advantage of the admissions secured under Rule 169, T.R.C.P.
As we view it, questions of fact are not properly before us on this appeal. All we can determine is whether or not the trial court properly sustained the exception involved and correctly dismissed the case (or otherwise rendered judgment against appellant) upon appellant’s refusal to amend. What we have said should not be *1016construed as expressing an opinion upon the facts as partially developed by the admissions obtained under Rule 169. The pleadings only are made the basis of our order reversing the judgment of the trial court.
Appellee’s motion for rehearing is overruled.