Court Opinion

ID: 9680379
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 07:31:13.599576+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:28.356643
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OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
Appellant contends in his third point of error in his motion for rehearing that this Court erred in not ruling that the temporary injunction was invalid because the injunction failed to set forth the reasons why or how harm or injury would be suffered if the temporary injunction was denied. In this regard appellant refers us to point of error eighteen in his original brief as the basis of this argument. In his original points of error eighteen and nineteen, appellant contended that the temporary injunction failed to state the reasons why or how harm or injury would be suffered by Diadrill as required by Rule 683, T.R.C.P., and that no evidence supports a finding that probable injury to Diadrill is imminently threatened.
In the restatement of the points, appellant combines the two in a multifarious point of error. Even though appellant complained of the failure of the trial court to follow Rule 683, in this point of error, the thrust of appellant’s argument and brief under this point concerned only the no evidence aspect of the case. Since appellant’s point of error was briefed and argued as a no evidence point, we treated the point of error as such and not as a procedural point.
Appellant in his motion for rehearing, for the first time, relies on the procedural aspect of this point of error. An assignment of error raised for the first time in an appellant’s motion for rehearing in the Court of Appeals is too late to be considered. Wright v. Gernandt, 559 S.W.2d 864 (Tex.Civ.App.—Corpus Christi 1977, no writ), and authorities cited therein.
If, for instance, this assignment of error might be considered as having some merit, we believe that the court’s order properly stated reasons for the issuance of the temporary injunction. The reasons for the issuance of the temporary injunction are not as artfully worded or precisely phrased as we would like the court’s order to be. However, the court’s order, when read in context, states, as a reason for the issuance of the temporary injunction, that appellee “will probably sustain irreparable injury and damage to its business”, if appellant is allowed to continue to engage in any manner in the selling or developing the products and techniques set forth in the temporary injunction. We believe that this recitation is a sufficient compliance with the requirements of Rule 683, T.R.C.P. to prevent a reversal.
We have considered all of the points on motion for rehearing and they are overruled.