AKIN v. TIPPS

Nos. 05-84-00259-CV, 05-84-00260-CV.

668 S.W.2d 432 (1984)

George Leighton Dahl AKIN, Adrienne Lillian Akin and Laurel Sheffield Akin, Individually and as Next Friend of Ashley Griffin Jones Akin, A Minor, Relators, v. Honorable Arthur TIPPS, Honorable Nathan Hecht, and George L. Dahl, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

March 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Jack Ayres, Jr., Thomas V. Murto, III, Dallas, for relators.

Louis P. Bickel, Bickel & Case, Dallas, for respondents.

Before STEPHENS, VANCE and ALLEN, JJ.


STEPHENS, Justice.

In original proceedings in this court, relators have filed a Petition for Writ of Prohibition and a Petition for Writ of Mandamus. Despite respondent's argument that this court lacks jurisdiction to entertain original jurisdiction in these matters, we hold that by amendment of TEX.REV. CIV.STAT.ANN. art. 1824 (Vernon Supp. 1984), effective June 19, 1983, the legislature empowered courts of appeals to issue all writs of mandamus agreeable to the...

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