Laird v. King

OPINION

BROOKSHIRE, Justice.

Writ of mandamus proceeding.

A hearing was conducted on the Motion of E-Z Mart Stores, Inc., (E-Z) for the reduction of the supersedeas bond relative to the judgment entered below in this litigation. The real party in interest took the position that the motion to reduce was brought basically under Rule 47(b), section 1, of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure.

The record reflects that counsel for the real party in interest stated:

What we’re asking the Court to do is to reduce the supersedeas bond or at the Court’s discretion to eliminate the superse-deas bond…