Vernon Kent Maree and Front Row Parking Inc. v. Baldemar (Val) Zuniga

MAJORITY OPINION

Kem Thompson Frost, Chief Justice

In this appeal we consider a challenge to a judgment the trial court rendered after a preliminary hearing to determine whether petitioners for a bill of review had established a prima facie case that they had a meritorious defense to the underlying claim. The appellants/bill-of-review petitioners assert that by transforming the preliminary hearing into a hearing on the merits of the bill-of-review petition, the trial court violated their right to due process of law. We reverse and remand.

Factual and PROcedural Background

Appellee/defendant…