MERCEDES-BENZ CREDIT CORP. v. RHYNE

No. 95-0159.

925 S.W.2d 664 (1996)

MERCEDES-BENZ CREDIT CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. Norman A. RHYNE and Marcella Rhyne, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided July 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen L. Watkins, Shannon H. Ratliff, Jeff Bohm, Austin, Rebecca A. Leigh, Mitchell J. Buchman, Houston, Richard Kelley, for Petitioner.

Raymond L. Thomas, Francisco J. Rodriguez, McAllen, Luther H. Soules, II, Vincent Lee Marable, Wharton, Robinson C. Ramsey, Sara S. Murray, San Antonio, James P. Wallace, Austin, for Respondents.


SPECTOR, Justice, delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

In this case of first impression, we consider whether a trial court abuses its discretion by denying a jury trial to a litigant who had relied on the court's order issued a year before the trial date setting the case on the jury docket. The court of appeals affirmed the trial court's denial. See ___ S.W.2d ___, ___. We hold that the trial court abused its discretion, and we therefore reverse the...

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