In Re Discount Rental, Inc.

In a restricted appeal, the court of appeals reversed a default judgment against relator Discount Rental, Inc. because service was improper. 1 Discount Rental did not supersede the judgment, so while the appeal was pending, the plaintiffs, William and Barbara Carter, obtained a writ of execution on Discount Rental’s property. The constable seized Discount Rental’s property, and at a hearing on the Carters’ motion to sell the property, the parties reached agreement on how the property should be sold. The trial court signed an order reflecting the parties’ agreement, but the court of appeals…