in Re: Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: August 14, 2009
• Docket: 13-09-00419-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

NUMBER 13-09-00419-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

IN RE: LAWYERS TITLE INSURANCE CORPORATION

On Petition for Writ of Mandamus

MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Rodriguez, Garza and Vela Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam1 Relator, Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation, filed a petition for writ of mandamus

by which it requests that this Court direct respondent, the Honorable John B. Martinez,

presiding judge of County Court at Law No. 3 of Nueces County, Texas, to vacate his June 10, 2009 order striking relator’s plea in intervention in trial court cause number 02-62076-3,

styled Snyder v. Beach View Estates, Inc., et al. On July 17, 2009, we denied relator’s

request to stay the underlying proceedings and requested responses to relator’s petition

from the real parties in interest, Jeff Snyder, as Executor of the Estate of James R. Snyder

and as the Representative, Shareholder and Director of Beach View Estates, Inc., on

behalf of Beach View Estates, Inc. and the Estate of James R. Snyder, Beach View

Estates, Inc., Jeffrey C. Frahm, and Kathleen Frahm.

1 See T E X . R. A PP . P. 47.4 (distinguishing opinions and m em orandum opinions), 52.8(d) (“W hen denying relief, the court m ay hand down an opinion but is not required to do so.”). This Court, having examined and fully considered the petition for writ of mandamus,

the responses thereto, and relator’s reply, is of the opinion that relator has not shown itself

entitled to the relief sought and the petition should be denied. See TEX . R. APP. P. 52.8(a).

Accordingly, the petition for writ of mandamus is DENIED.

PER CURIAM

Memorandum Opinion delivered and filed on the 14th day of August, 2009.