Rizk v. Millard

OPINION

PAUL PRESSLER, Justice.

This Petition for a Writ of Mandamus challenges an order entered by respondent striking relator’s pleadings and granting a default judgment against him in Wesley L. Snyder v. Fred E. Rizk, Richard Muriby and George Howard in the 189th Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas. Relator requests that this court command respondent to reinstate relator’s answers, set aside the default judgment and set this case for trial on the issue of liability. The petition is denied.

Relator was a member of a joint venture organized to subsidize certain patents on inventions…