Case ID: sw2d_750/html/0375-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "DIES, Chief Justice.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SERVICES, INC. d/b/a Drilpac Management, Appellant, v. John R. TOMLINSON, Appellee.
    No. 09-87-207 CV.
    Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.
    May 5, 1988.
    Mike Fielder, Dayton, for appellant.
    J.C. Zbranek and Chap B. Cain, III, Zbra-nek, Hight & Cain, Liberty, for appellee.
   OPINION

DIES, Chief Justice.

In the trial court, Appellee John R. Tom-linson, as Plaintiff, sued Appellant Chemical Engineering Services, Inc. d/b/a Dril-pac Management, for money allegedly owed by Drilpac to Tomlinson pursuant to an assignment of a mineral lease from Tomlinson to Drilpac and an operating agreement to which Tomlinson and Drilpac were parties. In a contested preliminary hearing to the court, the court appointed Tomlinson as receiver, and Drilpac has perfected appeal to this court. Appellant has filed a brief, but Appellee has not.

TEX.CIVPRAC. & REM.CODE ANN sec. 64.021 (Vernon 1986) provides in part:

“(a) To be appointed as a receiver for property that is located entirely or partly in this state, a person must:
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“(2) not be a party, attorney, or other person interested in the action for appointment of a receiver.”

It is obvious that this statute disqualifies Appellee from being appointed receiver. Appellant’s sole point of error is sustained. The order of the trial court is reversed and vacated.

Reversed.