Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2022

in Re Texas Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, Southwestern Union Conference Corporation of Seventh-Day Adventists, Texas Conference Association of Seventh-Day Adventists, and Alice Cash

in Re Texas Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, Southwestern Union Conference Corporation of Seventh-Day Adventists, Texas Conference Association of Seventh-Day Adventists, and Alice Cash
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided July 21, 2022

in Re Texas Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, Southwestern Union Conference Corporation of Seventh-Day Adventists, Texas Conference Association of Seventh-Day Adventists, and Alice Cash

Opinion

In the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth No. 02-22-00208-CV IN RE TEXAS CONFERENCE OF § Original Proceeding SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE § 48th District Court of Tarrant County, Texas CORPORATION OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, TEXAS CONFERENCE § Trial Court No. 048-313499-19 ASSOCIATION OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, AND ALICE CASH, § July 21, 2022 Relators Opinion by Justice Wallach JUDGMENT This court has considered relators’ petition for writ of mandamus and holds that the petition should be conditionally granted. Accordingly, we conditionally grant the writ of mandamus and direct the trial court to vacate its April 19, 2022 order denying “Defendants’ Motion to Reconsider Order Denying Amended Plea to the Jurisdiction” and to render an order granting that motion and dismissing Fort Worth Northwest Seventh-Day Adventist Church’s case for want of jurisdiction. We are confident that the trial court will comply with these directives; the writ will issue only if the trial court fails to do so. It is further ordered that real party in interest Fort Worth Northwest Seventh- Day Adventist Church shall pay all of the costs of this proceeding, for which let execution issue.

SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS

By _/s/ Mike Wallach___________________ Justice Mike Wallach

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