TEXAS THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS ASSOCIATION v. Donnan

OPINION

DIANE DEVASTO, Justice.

Appellants Texas Thoroughbred Breeders Association (“TTBA”), Dave Hooper, and Sue Cook challenge the trial court’s entry of a judgment ordering a permanent injunction and awarding Appellees Jim Donnan and Gerald Mackey $250,195.83 in damages for negligence and defamation. We vacate the trial court’s judgment and dismiss this case for want of jurisdiction.

Background

Donnan and Mackey are the owners of a thoroughbred horse named Chauffe Au Rouge. 1 They acquired the horse in the summer of 2001 and entered it in races in Louisiana shortly thereafter. When he bought…