Court Opinion

ID: 9662080
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 22:59:06.267569+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:14:36.757051
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LEE, Justice,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent. I would hold that mandamus does not lie because relators had an adequate remedy by appeal. See Walker v. Packer, 827 S.W.2d 833, 840-44 (Tex.1992). Here, the “take nothing” language in the order purported to make it final for purposes of appeal. Mafrige v. Ross, 866 S.W.2d 590 (Tex.1993). Relators failed to take measures to preserve their right to appeal. Instead, relators waited fifteen months before complaining about the finality of the trial court’s order. Under such circumstances, mandamus is inappropriate. Accordingly, I would deny the writ.