Legal Opinion
Villegas v. Pate
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided January 11, 1996No. 13-95-468-CVPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SEERDEN, Chief Justice.
In this original mandamus proceeding, Maria Villegas, individually and as representative and beneficiary of the estate of Jose M. Villegas, complains that the trial court abused its discretion in sustaining a contest to her affidavit of inability to pay costs of appeal of the underlying case. We conditionally grant a writ of mandamus.
Villegas originally brought the underlying lawsuit against Griffin Industries, Inc., Larry Findley, R.T. McNorton, F. Garza, D. Gonzales, and H. Villarreal, for numerous causes of action arising out of allegedly false accusations and…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Griffin Industries, Inc. v. Honorable Thirteenth Court of AppealsTexas Supreme Court · 1996
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