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 v. Kyle King, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Marilou Whatley King, and on Behalf of the Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Marilou Whatley King

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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