Court Opinion

ID: 4221911
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Date Created: 2017-11-20 14:19:47.208832+00
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NUMBER 13-17-00586-CV

                                    COURT OF APPEALS

                          THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                             CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

            IN RE ROSE CRAGO AND JOHN CRAGO,
    INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF DAVID CRAGO

                          On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.

                           MEMORANDUM OPINION
            Before Justices Rodriguez, Benavides, and Longoria
                    Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam1

        Relators Rose Crago and John Crago, independent executor of the estate of David

Crago, filed a petition for writ of mandamus in the above cause on October 18, 2017.

Through this original proceeding, relators seek a writ of mandamus compelling the

respondent to withdraw a temporary injunction granted on September 22, 2017 on

         1 See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(d) (“When granting relief, the court must hand down an opinion as in

any other case,” but when “denying relief, the court may hand down an opinion but is not required to do
so.”); TEX. R. APP. P. 47.4 (distinguishing opinions and memorandum opinions).
grounds that the trial court lacked jurisdiction over the case. This Court requested and

received a response to the petition from the real party in interest, Nueces County, and

also received a reply thereto from relators. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.2, 52.4, 52.8.

       Mandamus is an extraordinary remedy. In re H.E.B. Grocery Co., 492 S.W.3d 300,

302 (Tex. 2016) (orig. proceeding) (per curiam). To obtain mandamus relief, a relator

must show that the underlying order is void or that the order represents a clear abuse of

discretion and that no adequate appellate remedy exists. See In re Nationwide Ins. Co.,

494 S.W.3d 708, 712 (Tex. 2016) (orig. proceeding); Walker v. Packer, 827 S.W.2d 833,

840 (Tex. 1992) (orig. proceeding). An abuse of discretion occurs when a trial court's

ruling is arbitrary and unreasonable or is made without regard for guiding legal principles

or supporting evidence. In re Nationwide Ins. Co. of Am., 494 S.W.3d at 712; Ford Motor

Co. v. Garcia, 363 S.W.3d 573, 578 (Tex. 2012). We determine the adequacy of an

appellate remedy by balancing the benefits of mandamus review against the detriments.

In re Essex Ins. Co., 450 S.W.3d 524, 528 (Tex. 2014) (orig. proceeding); In re Prudential

Ins. Co. of Am., 148 S.W.3d 124, 136 (Tex. 2004) (orig. proceeding). However, when an

order is void, “the relator need not show it did not have an adequate appellate remedy,

and mandamus relief is appropriate.” In re Sw. Bell Tel. Co., 35 S.W.3d 602, 605 (Tex.

2000) (orig. proceeding); In re Dickason, 987 S.W.2d 570, 571 (Tex. 1998) (orig.

proceeding).

       The Court, having examined and fully considered the petition for writ of mandamus,

the response, the reply, and the applicable law, is of the opinion that relators have not

shown themselves entitled to the relief sought. See, e.g., Robinson v. Parker, 353 S.W.3d

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753, 755 (Tex. 2011). Accordingly, we DENY the petition for writ of mandamus. See

TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(a).

                                                              PER CURIAM

Delivered and filed the
16th day of November, 2017.

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