Jordan v. Jordan
Cases that cite this one
72 later published cases cite this decision. The 25 that cite it most often are listed here.
- Jordan v. Jordan (Tex. App. 2001)
- Hartford Underwriters Insurance v. Mills (Tex. App. 2003)
- Hartford Underwriters Insurance v. Shirley Mills (Tex. App. 2003)
- Sandra St. John v. Raymond Craig Hearne Junior (Tex. App. 2022)
- Alfredo Cepeda v. Pansy Bama Dietze and Juan Ramon Lopez (Tex. App. 2019)
- State v. 1998 Cadillac 4-Door or Frank Stewart (Tex. App. 2004)
- Carl J. Nichols v. State (Tex. App. 2004)
- Hartford Underwriters Insurance v. Shirley Mills (Tex. App. 2003)
- Francisco Castro v. Centurytel Wireless, Inc. (Tex. App. 2003)
- In the Matter of the Marriage of Edgardo Castillo Rosales and Esmeralda Garcia v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2024)
- Jeffery Tyrone Jenkins v. Meridith Jevon Criswell (Tex. App. 2021)
- Richard Lance Bowe v. Samantha Marie Bowe (Tex. App. 2020)
- Alfredo Cepeda v. Pansy Bama Dietze and Juan Ramon Lopez (Tex. App. 2019)
- State of Texas v. Thirty-Nine Thousand Five Hundred Dollars US Currency ($39,500) (Tex. App. 2019)
- Everardo Vera v. Corina Vera (Tex. App. 2019)
- State of Texas v. Milton E. Taylor (Tex. App. 2016)
- Hoa v. Dang v. Texaco 129 (Tex. App. 2014)
- Jose Alejandro Flores v. Maria Eugenia Flores (Tex. App. 2011)
- in the Interest of M.R.R., a Child (Tex. App. 2011)
- In re the Office of the Attorney General (Tex. App. 2009)
- Tom Retzlaff v. Belinda Mendieta-Morales (Tex. App. 2009)
- in Re the Office of the Attorney General of Texas (Tex. App. 2008)
- Lorrie G. Hale v. Brian E. Hale (Tex. App. 2008)
- Fred Forster, III v. Jelco Energy, Inc. and Cathedral Gas Corporation (Tex. App. 2005)
- State v. 1998 Cadillac 4-Door or Frank Stewart (Tex. App. 2004)
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Opinion
This case involves the jurisdiction of the court of appeals to review the granting of a bill of review. Because the bill of review in this ease was interlocutory, the court of appeals did not have jurisdiction. Pursuant to Tex.RApp.P. 170, a majority of the Court, without hearing oral argument, grants the application for writ of error, reverses the decision of the court of appeals and dismisses the appeal for want of jurisdiction.
Susan and Ron Jordan sued Kathy and Jerry Jordan in 1990, seeking damages arising from a boating accident in 1989. Suits were filed in both state and federal court. Kathy and Jerry filed an answer in federal court but not in state court. In 1991, the trial court rendered default judgment against Kathy and Jeny. Later that year, Kathy and Jerry initiated a bill of review proceeding, asking the trial court to vacate the prior judgment and render judgment against Susan and Ron. The trial court vacated the prior judgment and ordered a trial on the merits. The court of appeals then reversed the trial court.
A bill of review which sets aside a prior judgment but does not dispose of the case on the merits is interlocutory and not appealable. Tesoro Petroleum v. Smith, 796 S.W.2d 705 (Tex. 1990); Warren v. Walter, 414 S.W.2d 423 (Tex. 1967). The trial court in this case has ordered a trial on the merits, indicating that all issues are not resolved. Consequently the court of appeals lacked jurisdiction.
Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.