Charles D. Mabry v. Virgil Reid

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-03-343 CV

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CHARLES D. MABRY, Appellant

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VIRGIL REID, Appellee

On Appeal from the 172nd District Court

Jefferson County, Texas

Trial Cause No. E-164,274

OPINION

This is an interlocutory appeal from an order granting a special appearance of an out-of-state defendant. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014(a)(7) (Vernon Supp. 2004). See BMC Software Belgium, N.V. v. Marchand, 83 S.W.3d 789, 793 (Tex. 2002). We affirm the trial court's order.

Plaintiff Charles Mabry and his brother Daniel Mabry were…