Thomas v. Beaumont Heritage Society

OPINION

HOLLIS HORTON, Justice.

This is an accelerated interlocutory appeal from a temporary injunction order that enjoins appellants 1 from demolishing South Park Middle School. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 51.014(a)(4) (Vernon 2008).

In ruling on a temporary injunction, the trial court does not make a final decision on disputed facts; instead, the purpose of a temporary injunction “is to preserve the status quo of the litigation’s subject matter pending a trial on the merits.” Butnaru v. Ford Motor Co., 84 S.W.3d 198, 204 (Tex.2002). Therefore, in deciding whether to grant or deny an…