Merit Management Partners I, L.P. v. Noelke

OPINION

G. ALAN WALDROP, Justice.

This appeal arises from a suit filed in county court seeking damages for breach of a lease agreement. The county court rendered judgment in favor of the Plaintiff/Appellee Walter D. Noelke as general partner of the NF5 Family Limited Partnership. The issue presented is whether the county court had jurisdiction to render the judgment. Defendants/Appellants Merit Management Partners I, L.P., Merit Energy Partners III, L.P., and Merit Energy Partners D-III, L.P. (collectively, “Merit”) assert that while they have a real property lease with the NF5 Family Limited…