NUMBER 13-17-00616-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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 in the above cause
on November 2, 2017. Through this original proceeding, relator seeks 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. The
Court requests that the real parties in interest, Harold Joe Adams; Harold Joe Adams
LLC; Margaret A. Thomas, as independent executor of the estate of Anne Friar Thomas,
as Trustee of the Thomas Family 2012 Trust, AFT Minerals, Ltd., and AFT Property
Management LLC; Thomas Rach Oil & Gas Joint Venture d/b/a O&G Rocks; and Dinah
Voelkel, or any others whose interest would be directly affected by the relief sought, file
a response to the petition for writ of mandamus on or before the expiration of ten days
from the date of this order. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.2, 52.4, 52.8.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
PER CURIAM
Delivered and filed the
3rd day of November, 2017.
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in Re Debra v. Benge
Combined Opinion