RICHIE v. HEARD

No. B-9914.

611 S.W.2d 419 (1981)

Sheldon E. RICHIE a/k/a Don Richie, Relator, v. Honorable Wyatt H. HEARD, Judge, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

February 11, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fulbright & Jaworski, Osborne J. Dykes, III, and Pike Powers, Jr., Houston, for relator.

Evans, Leach & Ames, Charles Evans, Hurst, for respondent.


GREENHILL, Chief Justice.

This is an original mandamus in this Court. Its purpose is to require Judge Wyatt Heard of Harris County to vacate an order which reinstated a case on the docket. The mandamus will be conditionally granted because Judge Heard's order of reinstatement came too late under Rule 165a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

The suit was filed by Mr. and Mrs. Alison Bunch in 1975. Under the rules of the Harris County district courts, cases of...

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