SHELL WESTERN E & P, INC. v. PARTIDA

No. 13-91-634-CV.

823 S.W.2d 400 (1992)

SHELL WESTERN E & P, INC., and Pat L. Goodwin, Relators, v. The Hon. Juan R. PARTIDA, Judge of the 275th District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Overruled February 13, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ramon Garcia, Edinburg, Marie R. Yeates, Linda K. McCloud, Paul E. Stallings, Daniel A. Hyde, Frank L. Heard, Jr., Adam P. Schiffer, Ewing Werlein, Jr., Vinson & Elkins, Houston, W. James Kronzer, D. Ferguson McNeil, III, William G. Lowerre, Sr., Litigation Counsel, Shell Oil Co., Richard W. Mithoff, Mithoff & Jacks, Houston, Tommy Jacks, Mithoff & Jacks, Austin, Rose Marie Guerra Reyna, Lewis & Pettitt, McAllen, for relators.

Juan R. Partida, Edinburg, for respondent.

Frank B. Burney, Martin, Drought & Torres, Paul T. Curl, Pape Murray McClenahan & Sparr, San Antonio, Frank E. Weathered, Dunn Cason & Weathered, Robert C. Pate, William Robert Anderson, III, Sorrell Anderson & Lehrman, Anthony F. Constant, McMains & Constant, Corpus Christi, S. Mark Murray, Pape Murray McClenahan & Sparr, San Antonio, Francisco J. Rodriguez, Rodriguez Partida & Pruneda, McAllen, for real parties in interest.

Before NYE, C.J. and DORSEY and BISSETT JJ.


OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

In this original proceeding, relators, Shell Western E & P, Inc. (Shell) and Pat L. Goodwin, seek relief from an order issued by the Honorable Juan Partida striking their supplemental answers to interrogatories. We agree with the relators' position that the supplemental answers were timely filed and conditionally grant the writ.

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