Court Opinion

ID: 9396354
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-05-22 07:09:25.785882+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:19:16.377201
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In the
                        Court of Appeals
                Second Appellate District of Texas
                         at Fort Worth
                            No. 02-22-00077-CV

RICHARD W. MONCRIEF AND              §   On Appeal from the 96th District Court
MARSHALL M. SEARCY, INDIVIDUALLY
AND IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CAPACITIES
AS SUCCESSOR GENERAL PARTNERS OF
MONCRIEF FAMILY PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
AND TRUSTEES OF THE W.A.             §   of Tarrant County (096-320546-20)
MONCRIEF, JR. MANAGEMENT TRUST,
AND ON BEHALF OF THE
MANAGEMENT TRUST AND MFP,
Appellants
                                     §   May 18, 2023

V.
                                     §   Opinion by Justice Wallach

TOM OIL MONCRIEF, GLORIA MARIE
MONCRIEF, AND GARY R. ALLEN,
Appellees                            §   Dissenting Opinion by Justice Birdwell

                               JUDGMENT
      This court has considered the record on appeal in this case and holds that there

was error in the trial court’s judgment. It is ordered that the trial court’s Order

Granting Temporary Injunction is reversed and the case is remanded to the trial court

for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. We dismiss for lack of

jurisdiction Appellants Richard W. Moncrief and Marshall M. Searcy, individually and

in their respective capacities as Successor General Partners of Moncrief Family

Partnership, L.P. and Trustees of the W.A. Moncrief, Jr. Management Trust, and on

behalf of the Management Trust and MFP’s issue that the trial court abused its

discretion in effectively denying Appellants’ Amended Motion to Refer Matter to

Arbitration, Plea in Abatement, and Motion for Stay.

      It is further ordered that Appellees Tom Oil Moncrief, Gloria Marie Moncrief,

and Gary R. Allen shall pay all costs of this appeal, for which let execution issue.

                                       SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS

                                        By __/s/ Mike Wallach__________________
                                           Justice Mike Wallach