Legal Opinion
In Re El Paso County Hospital District
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided August 13, 1998No. 08-98-00228-CVPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LARSEN, Justice.
This mandamus action involves the issue of improper severance. The El Paso County Hospital District and County of El Paso seek a writ of mandamus vacating the trial court’s severance order in a suit brought by taxpayers against the County of El Paso, in which the Hospital District intervened. Relators contend that the trial court clearly abused its discretion by severing the Hospital District from the underlying lawsuit after submission on stipulated facts, and that the severance impermissibly splintered a single cause of action involving identical facts and issues. 1…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Walker v. PackerTexas Supreme Court · 1992
- Guaranty Federal Savings Bank v. Horseshoe Operating Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1990
- State Department of Highways & Public Transportation v. CotnerTexas Supreme Court · 1993
- Ryland Group, Inc. v. White, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1986
- Jones v. Ray, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1994
3Cited by15 opinions
- In Re Hoover, Bax & Slovacek, L.L.P., Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1999
- Duncan v. Calhoun County Navigation District, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2000
- In Re Stonebridge Life Insurance Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2008
- Duncan v. Calhoun County Navigation District, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2000
- In re BurgettCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2000
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