in Re Texas Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, Southwestern Union Conference Corporation of Seventh-Day Adventists, Texas Conference Association of Seventh-Day Adventists, and Alice Cash

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: July 21, 2022
• Docket: 02-22-00208-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

In the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth No. 02-22-00208-CV

IN RE TEXAS CONFERENCE OF § Original Proceeding SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE § 48th District Court of Tarrant County, Texas CORPORATION OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, TEXAS CONFERENCE § Trial Court No. 048-313499-19 ASSOCIATION OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, AND ALICE CASH, § July 21, 2022 Relators Opinion by Justice Wallach

JUDGMENT

This court has considered relators’ petition for writ of mandamus and holds

that the petition should be conditionally granted. Accordingly, we conditionally grant

the writ of mandamus and direct the trial court to vacate its April 19, 2022 order

denying “Defendants’ Motion to Reconsider Order Denying Amended Plea to the

Jurisdiction” and to render an order granting that motion and dismissing Fort Worth

Northwest Seventh-Day Adventist Church’s case for want of jurisdiction. We are

confident that the trial court will comply with these directives; the writ will issue only

if the trial court fails to do so. It is further ordered that real party in interest Fort Worth Northwest Seventh-

Day Adventist Church shall pay all of the costs of this proceeding, for which let

execution issue.

SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS

By _/s/ Mike Wallach___________________ Justice Mike Wallach