in Re Philippe Rene Nottebohm Magana and Mercatil Murcia S.A. DE C.V

Opinion

Petition for Writ of Mandamus Denied and Memorandum Opinion filed July 18, 2013.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

NO. 14-13-00563-CV

IN RE PHILIPPE RENE NOTTEBOHM MAGANA AND MERCATIL MURCIA S.A. DE C.V, Relators

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

WRIT OF MANDAMUS

Probate Court No. 4 Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 405,973-401

MEMORANDUM OPINION

On June 28, 2013, relators Philippe Rene Nottebohm Magana and Mercatil Murcia S.A. DE C.V filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. §22.221; see also Tex. R. App. P. 52. In the petition, relators ask this court to compel the Honorable Christine Butts, presiding judge of the Probate

Court No 4 of Harris County to grant their motion for new trial because the court reporter who prepared the record of proceedings below was not certified at the time.

Mandamus relief is available when the trial court abuses its discretion and there is no adequate remedy at law, such as by appeal. In re Prudential Ins. Co., 148 S.W.3d 124, 135–36 (Tex. 2004). Denial of a motion for new trial can be raised on appeal from final judgment, and relators already have such an appeal pending in this Court. Consequently, they have an adequate remedy at law. The case may be abated to give the successor court reporter an opportunity to certify the record.

Relators have not established entitlement to the extraordinary relief of a writ of mandamus. Accordingly, we deny relators’ petition for writ of mandamus.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Boyce, Jamison, and Busby.