in Re George Green and Garlan Green

Court of Appeals of Texas·Decided January 27, 2015·No. 03-14-00725-CV·Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 03-14-00725-CV 3918372 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 1/27/2015 3:12:26 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE CLERK

CAUSE NO. 03-14-00725-CV FILED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS INTHE AUSTIN, TEXAS THIRD COURT OF APPEALS 1/27/2015 3:12:26 PM AUSTIN, TEXAS JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk

GEORGE GREEN By Power of Attorney for Father Garlan Green Appellants

vs. PORT OF CALL HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, RANDOLPH HARIG, NANCY CAROTHERS, PHILLIP JACOBS, JOHN ROSS BUCHHOLTZ AND RICHARD PAT MCELROY

Appellee

On Appeal from the 33Ro DISTRICT COURT of LLANO COUNTY, TEXAS

APPELLEES' AGREED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE BRIEF

TO THE HONORABLE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS:

NOW COME PORT OF CALL HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION,

RANDOLPH HARIG, PHILLIP JACOBS, JOHN ROSS BUCHHOLTZ AND

RICHARD PAT MCELROY ("Appellees"), filing their Agreed Motion to Extend

Time to File Brief, and would show unto this Court as follows: A. PARTIES

1. Appellant Garlan Green was a member of the Port of Call Homeowners

Association (HOA). Garlan Green has passed away. (Ex. A).

2. Appellant George Green is Garlan's son and has represented him in this suit

by a Power of Attorney. (CR 136).

3. Appellees are the HOA and individual board members.

B. INTRODUCTION

4. While subject to further discovery, the case involves claims against the

Appellees claiming they violated the organizational documents of the

Homeowners' Association for breach of contract, the Property Code, and a breach

of fiduciary duty. Appellants seeking review of an order they claim to be an

injunction filed this Appeal. They base the appeal §51.014(a)(4) and Chapter 65 of

the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code. Appellees understand the Order

from which Appellants seek relief is a discovery sanction. Wood v Moriarty, 940

S.W.2d 359 (Tex. App-Dallas, 1997, no pet.)

c. PROCEDURAL HISTORY

5. In the trial court, a motion was filed by the Appellees seeking protection

from Appellant George Green's discovery actions. (CR 114-130) After an order for

protection was granted, Appellant George Green continued conduct Appellees

-2- believed subject to the order of protection. Thus, Appellees filed a Motion to

Enforce the Order. (CR 153). A hearing was held on that Motion on October 14,

2014. (CR 175) The Judge granted the Motion to Enforce the Protective Order and

entered an Order on October 21, 2014. (CR 175) 1 That is the order that is the

subject of this appeal.

6. After that Order was entered, George Green advised that he disagreed with

the Order, came to meetings of the Association and participated in those meetings

(Ex. A). Appellees agree that the Order does not prevent him from attending or

speaking at those meetings.

D. EXTENSION OF DATE TO FILE BRIEF REQUESTED

7. The parties are discussing possible modification of the Order at issue in the

trial court. Such action may moot this appeal. Moreover with Garlan Green's

death, Appellees believe the Power of Attorney may be nullity and a representative

of his Estate must be named to pursue his case.

9. Under these circumstances, Appellees pray the Court grant this Motion and

extend its deadline to file a brief for thirty (30) days until March 5, 2015.

10. Appellants' counsel has agreed to this extension.

1 A copy of that Order was also attached to Appellant's Docketing Statement.

-3- E. CONCLUSION

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellees pray that the Court

of Appeals for the Third District of Texas at Austin extend the deadline for filing

of Appellees' brief for thirty (30) days until March 5, 2015, and further pray for

further relief that they may be justly entitled to at law or in equity.

Respectfully submitted,

WRIGHT & GREENHILL, P.C. 221 W. 6th Street, Suite 1800 Austin, Texas 78701 5121476-4600 5121476-5382 (Fax) rpringle@w-g.com hcoughlin@w-g.com mthompson@w-g.com

Isl Mike Thompson, Jr. By: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Brantley Ross Pringle, Jr. State Bar No. 16330001 Heidi A. Coughlin State Bar No. 24059615 Mike Thompson, Jr. State Bar No. 19898200

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEES PORT OF CALL HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, RANDOLPH HARIG, PHILLIP JACOBS, JOHN ROSS BUCHHOLTZ AND RICHARD PAT MCELROY

-4- CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

Appellant agrees to a 30-day extension of the deadline for Appellees to file their brief.

NOTICE OF ELECTRONIC FILING

The undersigned counsel certifies that on 27'h day of January, 2015, he has electronically filed the foregoing document with the Third Court of Appeals Austin, Texas, Clerk's Office using the electronic filing system through ProDoc efiling2 and counsel will send notification of such filing to Mr. David Junkin and Mr. L. Hayes Fuller, III.

-5- CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing has been served on the following via facsimile or certified mail, return receipt requested, in accordance with the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, on this 27'h day of January, 2015.

David Junkin LAW OFFICE OF DA YID JUNKIN P. 0. Box 2910 Wimberley, TX 78676

L. Hayes Fuller, III NAMAN HOWELL SMITH & LEE, P.L.L.C 400 Austin Avenue, Suite 800 P. 0. Box 1470 Waco, TX 75703-1470 Isl Mike Thompson, Jr.

Brantley Ross Pringle, Jr. Heidi Coughlin Mike Thompson, Jr.

-6- Exhibit A CAUSE NO. 03-14-00725-CV

IN THE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS

GEORGE GREEN By Power of Attorney for Father Garlan Green Appellant

vs. PORT OF CALL HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, RANDOLPH HARIG, NANCY CAROTHERS, PHILLIP JACOBS, JOHN ROSS BUCHHOLTZ AND RICHARD PAT MCELROY

Appellee

On Appeal from the 33Ro DISTRICT COURT of LLANO COUNTY, TEXAS

AFFIDAVIT OF HEIDI COUGHLIN, LEGAL NAME HEIDI VAN REET

BEFORE ME, the undersigned notary, personally appeared Heidi Coughlin,

the Affiant, a person whose identity is known to me. After I administered an oath,

Affiant testified as follows:

1. "My name is Heidi Coughlin. I am over 18 years of age, of sound mind, and capable of making this Affidavit. The facts stated in this Affidavit are within my personal knowledge and are true and correct. 2. "I have reviewed the Docket Sheet for this case, my pleadings file and the Appellee' s Motion to Dismiss Appellant's Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction and can state the following from that review.

3. "The Order attached to the Plaintiff's Notice of Intent to Appeal is a true and correct copy of the Order that was entered by the Court in response to Appellees' Motion for Enforcement of the Protective Order.

4. "Attachment 1 to this Affidavit is a true and correct copy of the Motion for Enforcement of the Protective Order that was filed on behalf of my clients.

5. "During the course of this litigation, Appellant had made and continued to make written and verbal requests for information from the Homeowner's Association on an almost weekly basis. Frequently, new requests for updated information were made while outstanding requests were being responded to. Furthermore, Appellant repeatedly requested documents and information that had been previously produced to him. The requests were creating a unique burden on the Homeowner's Association to respond and the requests were unreasonable.

6. "Accordingly, on behalf of our clients, we filed the initial Motion for Protective Order requesting that the Court enter an Order to manage Appellant's request for information from Appellees and to provide reasonable discovery during the pendency of the litigation.

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