GRIMALDO v. LEWIS

No. 13-95-373-CV.

915 S.W.2d 222 (1996)

Maria Luisa GRIMALDO and Maria Luisa Gomez, Relators, v. Honorable Harry D. LEWIS, Special Judge, 197th District Court, Cameron County, Texas, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Overruled February 22, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denis A. Downey, Downey & Sullivan, Brownsville, for Relators.

Richard J.W. Nunez, Brownsville, Lamar G. Clemons, Corpus Christi, for Real Parties in Interest.

Before YAÑEZ, CHAVEZ and RODRIGUEZ, JJ.


OPINION

YAÑEZ, Justice.

In this original mandamus proceeding, the relators, Maria Luisa Grimaldo and Maria Luisa Gomez, complain that the trial court abused its discretion in sustaining a contest to their affidavit of inability to pay costs of the underlying appeal. We conditionally grant a writ of mandamus.

Grimaldo and Gomez, together with several other plaintiffs not parties to the appeal, originally brought the underlying lawsuit against...

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