Opinion
NUMBER 13-17-00616-CV
01-23-2018
IN RE DEBRA V. BENGE
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.
ORDER
Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Contreras and Hinojosa
Order Per Curiam
Relator Debra V. Benge filed a petition for writ of mandamus seeking to set aside (1) a July 5, 2017 order granting the plea to the jurisdiction filed by Harold Joe Adams and Harold Joe Adams, Jr. LLC, and (2) a July 11, 2017 order granting the plea to the jurisdiction filed by Thomas Ranches Oil and Gas Joint Venture d/b/a O&G Rocks. This Court received responses to the petition for writ of mandamus from: (1) Harold Joe Adams and Harold Joe Adams Inc.; (2) Margaret A. Thomas, individually, as independent executor of the estate of Anne Friar Thomas, and as trustee of the Thomas Family 2012 Trust; and (3) Thomas Ranches Oil & Gas Joint Venture d/b/a O&G Rocks. Relator has further filed a reply in support of her petition for writ of mandamus.
Currently before the Court is relator's motion for emergency stay pending resolution of this original proceeding, or alternatively, expedited consideration of the petition. The Court, having examined and fully considered the motion for emergency stay, is of the opinion that the motion should be granted. The motion for emergency stay is GRANTED and the trial court proceedings are ordered STAYED in their entirety pending further order of this Court, or until the case is finally decided. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.10(b) ("Unless vacated or modified, an order granting temporary relief is effective until the case is finally decided.").
IT IS SO ORDERED.
PER CURIAM Delivered and filed the 23rd day of January, 2018.