Wilder v. Campbell

OPINION

LEE GABRIEL, Justice.

Appellant Thomas A. Wilder, the district clerk of Tarrant County (the clerk), appeals from the trial court’s temporary injunction barring him from collecting court costs from indigent parties “unless there were specific findings expressly stated in a final judgment or order providing that the indigent party’s action resulted in monetary award and that the monetary award was sufficient to reimburse costs.” We vacate the trial court’s temporary injunction and dismiss the case.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Factual BACKGROUND

Appellees1 were divorce petitioners in actions filed in…