MERRITT v. HARLESS

No. 05-84-00982-CV.

685 S.W.2d 708 (1984)

Robert MERRITT, Relator, v. Fred S. HARLESS, Judge, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

November 30, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard V. Tygrett, Jr., Troy C. Vinson, Dallas, for relator.

Henry J. Voegtle, III, Scott Henderson, Dallas, for respondents.

Before CARVER, ROWE and SHUMPERT, JJ.


CARVER, Justice.

Robert L. Merritt applies for mandamus relief to vacate an order of the trial court which denied the filing of and execution on a foreign judgment, and to require the clerk of the trial court to act affirmatively on the foreign judgment. We grant relief as to the trial court but withhold relief as to the clerk because his failure to act rests wholly in obedience to the trial court's order which we now vacate.

In support of his application...

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