Hutchins v. Grace Tabernacle United Pentecostal Church

OPINION

O’CONNOR, Justice.

The question here involves the propriety of the trial court’s refusal to certify a suit as a class action. Era L. Hutchins, plaintiff, appeals from an interlocutory order denying her request to certify a class action under Tex.R.Civ.P. 42, which is an ap-pealable interlocutory order under Tex.Civ. Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 51.014(3) (Vernon Supp.1991). We affirm.

1. The liability of associations

The underlying suit involves the liability of an unincorporated religious association and its members for the contracts and torts of a church. An unincorporated association is a…