Lawyers Title Insurance v. Combined America Properties

ORDER AND MEMORANDUM OPINION

CUMMINGS, District Judge.

Coming on for consideration is defendant’s motion to dismiss and plea in abatement, contained in its original answer and counterclaim filed April 25, 1988. The Court, after review of the pleadings and arguments of counsel, finds that this Court has the discretion to entertain the present declaratory judgment suit. Texas Employers’ Insurance Ass’n v. Jackson, 820 F.2d 1406, 1421 (5th Cir.1987); PPG Industries, Inc. v. Continental Oil Co., 478 F.2d 674, 677 (5th Cir.1973). In the case at bar, no federal question exists or even federal…