Texas Supreme Court
In Re Allen Dickason, Relator
October 15, 199842 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 41
Summary
The Texas Supreme Court conditionally granted a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to vacate its February 10, 1997 order granting a new trial, holding that the trial court lacked plenary power to do so. The Court based its decision on the statutory limits on a court’s plenary power to act on motions for new trial.