Legal Opinion
Service Corp. International v. Lopez
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided April 21, 2005No. 13-04-467-CV, 13-04-472-CVPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice GARZA.
In these consolidated proceedings, 1 appellants/relators Service Corporation International, SCI Texas Funeral Services, Inc. d/b/a Buena Vista Funeral Park, and SCI Management Corporation (collectively “SCI”) complain of the trial court’s denial of their motion to compel arbitration. We conditionally grant SCI’s petition for writ of mandamus and dismiss its interlocutory appeal.
I. BACKGROUND
The underlying suit concerns two “pre-need” funeral contracts executed in July 2002 and a third contract executed in November 2002 by SCI and Daniel Lopez, for the benefit of…
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