In re High Pointe Invs., LLC

In this forcible-entry-and-detainer action, relator, High Pointe Investments, LLC, has filed a petition for writ of mandamus asserting that the trial court abused its discretion by allowing real party in interest, John Margetis, to post a supersedeas bond to appeal an adverse judgment pertaining to a property that is not being used for residential purposes only. Because we agree that the trial court abused its discretion, we conditionally grant High Pointe's mandamus petition.

I. BACKGROUND

This proceeding arises from a suit for forcible entry and detainer and a writ of possession pertaining to…