Baker v. Hansen

This case involves a landlord-tenant dispute. The tenant, Lynn Baker, sued her former landlord, Richard Hansen, seeking damages under several theories of recovery. Hansen answered and counterclaimed for damages for holdover rents, costs of repair and other relief. The trial court dismissed Baker’s claims for affirmative relief reciting in its order that Baker had failed to comply with the court’s ruling for costs. TEX.R.CIV.P. 143. Thereafter, Baker filed a motion for new trial which was overruled. Baker next filed an affidavit of indigency claiming she was unable to give security for costs…