Opinion
No. 11-19-00051-CV
06-28-2019
JACK LEE BISHOP, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS TRUSTEE OF THE JACK LEE BISHOP TRUST, AND JENNIE BISHOP CHERRY, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS TRUSTEE OF THE JENNIE BISHOP TRUST, Appellants v. JOEL BISHOP, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS TRUSTEE OF THE JAY D. BISHOP TRUST AND AS INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF JAY D. BISHOP, DECEASED, ET AL., Appellees
On Appeal from the 266th District Court Erath County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. CV32823
ORDER
Appellant Jennie Bishop Cherry and Appellees have filed in this court a joint motion to compel mediation. The movants indicate that they have agreed to settle their differences but have had some difficulties obtaining signatures from all of the appellees. The movants believe that "ordering all of the parties to attend mediation" would be beneficial and may resolve all of the issues in this cause. Although Appellant Jack Lee Bishop has not joined in the motion as a movant, he does not oppose the motion. All counsel have agreed for Judge Jerry Ray to mediate this case on July 23, 2019. We grant the joint motion to compel arbitration and abate the appeal.
This appeal is now abated pending mediation, which is currently set to be conducted on July 23, 2019, with Judge Jerry Ray. The parties are instructed to notify this court of the mediation results within ten days of the completion of mediation. If mediation fully resolves the issues in this appeal, the parties shall file a joint motion in accordance with TEX. R. APP. P. 42.1(a)(2).
PER CURIAM June 28, 2019 Panel consists of: Bailey, C.J.,
Stretcher, J., and Wright, S.C.J. Willson, J., not participating.
Jim R. Wright, Senior Chief Justice (Retired), Court of Appeals, 11th District of Texas at Eastland, sitting by assignment.