In The
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
No. 06-14-00045-CV
THE VILLAS OF MOUNT PLEASANT, LLC, D/B/A GREENHILL VILLAS, F/D/B/A
VILLAS OF MOUNT PLEASANT, MT. PLEASANT OPERATORS, LLC, AND LLOYD
DOUGLAS, Appellants
V.
KYLE KING, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF
MARILOU WHATLEY KING, DECEASED, AND ON BEHALF OF THE WRONGFUL
DEATH BENEFICIARIES OF MARILOU WHATLEY KING, Appellee
On Appeal from the 276th District Court
Titus County, Texas
Trial Court No. 37,338
Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ.
ORDER
The Villas of Mount Pleasant, LLC, et. al., (the Villas) seek an emergency stay of the
trial court proceedings. The case is presently before this Court as an interlocutory appeal from
an order denying a motion to compel arbitration of the dispute between the parties. The trial
court, two weeks after denying the motion to compel arbitration, granted a motion to compel
discovery.
Although the order compelling discovery does not specify a timetable for such
production, and the record reveals no other trial-related deadlines, given the interlocutory nature
of the appeal and the Villas’ effort to move the proceeding into arbitration, we find it appropriate
to stay the underlying lawsuit.
We order all proceedings in the underlying lawsuit—trial court cause number 37,338 in
the 276th Judicial District Court of Titus County, Texas—stayed pending our resolution of the
interlocutory appeal presently before this Court.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
BY THE COURT
Date: June 4, 2014
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