Grimaldo v. Lewis

OPINION

YÁÑEZ, Justice.

In this original mandamus proceeding, the relators, Maria Luisa Grimaldo and Maria Luisa Gomez, complain that the trial court abused its discretion in sustaining a contest to their affidavit of inability to pay costs of the underlying appeal. We conditionally grant a writ of mandamus.

Grimaldo and Gomez, together with several other plaintiffs not parties to the appeal, originally brought the underlying lawsuit against their landlords, Leonardo and Julio Vera, for injunctive relief and damages resulting from an alleged pattern of wrongful conduct with regard to the leased…