Legal Opinion
In te John G. & Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided October 28, 1998No. 04-98-00728-CVPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HARDBERGER, Chief Justice.
Relator, The John G. and Marie Stella Kenedy ‘Memorial Foundation (“Kenedy Foundation”), seeks a writ of mandamus to require the respondent, the Honorable Manuel Flores, to vacate his order transferring a suit pending in Kenedy County and consolidating that suit with an heirship proceeding pending in Zapata County. We conditionally grant the writ.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
In October of 1995, certain individuals filed an application for declaration of heirship in a county court in Zapata County. The individuals sought to be declared heirs of Jose Manuel Balli…