in Re 7-Eleven, Inc. & Louie's Backyard, Inc.

NUMBER 13-22-00464-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG IN RE 7-ELEVEN, INC. AND LOUIE’S BACKYARD, INC. On Petition for Writ of Mandamus. MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Benavides and Tijerina Memorandum Opinion by Justice Benavides1 By petition for writ of mandamus, relators 7-Eleven, Inc. and Louie’s Backyard, Inc. contend that the trial court abused its discretion by refusing to grant their motions for leave to designate responsible third parties.2 See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 33.004. We conditionally grant the…