Legal Opinion
Dallas Fire Insurance Co. v. Davis
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 15, 1995No. 2-94-215-CVPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAY, Justice.
In this original proceeding, the trial court abated the underlying suit in favor of a later-filed, related suit pending in another county. We conditionally grant the writ of mandamus.
The background of this proceeding is factually and procedurally complicated. Rela-tors are two insurance companies, Dallas Fire Insurance Company (Dallas Fire) and Classic Syndicate, Inc. (Classic). 1 Dallas Fire issued a business auto liability policy to Bennett Rathole Service, Inc. (Bennett Ra-thole) with a policy period from March 2, 1993 to March 2, 1994. Classic issued a commercial general…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Walker v. PackerTexas Supreme Court · 1992
- Johnson v. Fourth Court of AppealsTexas Supreme Court · 1985
- Cleveland v. WardTexas Supreme Court · 1926
- Canadian Helicopters Ltd. v. WittigTexas Supreme Court · 1994
- Abor v. BlackTexas Supreme Court · 1985
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State Farm Lloyds v. KesslerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1996
- Sweezy Construction, Inc. v. Murray, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1995
- In Re Azle Manor, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2002
- Joshua Freeman v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2003
- Perry v. Del RioTexas Supreme Court · 2001
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