In Re Germania Farm Mutual Insurance Association v. the State of Texas

NUMBER 13-24-00615-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG IN RE GERMANIA FARM MUTUAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Tijerina and Justices Silva and Peña Memorandum Opinion by Justice Silva1 Relator Germania Farm Mutual Insurance Association (Germania) filed a petition for writ of mandamus asserting that: (1) the trial court 2 abused its discretion by appointing an umpire in violation of the terms of the appraisal provision in the insurance policy at 1 See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(d) (“When denying…