Pharis v. Culver

OPINION

COHEN, Justice.

Relator, George Pharis, seeks a writ of mandamus compelling the judge of the Fort Bend County Court at Law, the Honorable Thomas R. Culver, III, to dismiss an appeal from a judgment in a forcible entry and detainer suit filed in his court. The writ is denied.

On March 30, 1984, the Honorable Gary Fredrickson, presiding as a visiting judge in the Justice of the Peace Court, Fort Bend County, Precinct One, signed the judgment for relator in his forcible entry and detainer suit against John Baugh. The next day, after Judge Fredrickson had approved an appeal bond, it was…