Arriaga v. Cavazos
Decision Date | 29 June 1994 |
Docket Number | No. 04-92-00685-CV,04-92-00685-CV |
Citation | 880 S.W.2d 830 |
Parties | Maricela ARRIAGA & San Juanita Arriaga, Appellants, v. Joe CAVAZOS, Appellee. |
Court | Texas Court of Appeals |
Teresa A. Hunter, Laredo, for appellants.
Sharon Trigo, Laredo, for appellee.
Before CHAPA, C.J., and RICKHOFF and BISSETT, JJ. 1 , 2
Maricela Arriaga and San Juanita Arriaga, defendants in the trial court, appeal from a judgment rendered against them in favor of Joe Cavazos, plaintiff in the trial court. The appeal is from a judgment signed on September 10, 1992, whereby the appellee recovered a portion of the sale of an alleged business partnership.
The appellee, Joe Cavazos, filed an Original Petition in the Webb County Court at Law against the appellants Maricela Arriaga and San Juanita Arriaga. Thereafter the appellee amended his petition and included a third defendant, Celestino Arriaga, the appellee's alleged former partner. On September 10, 1992, the trial court signed a default judgment against Celestino Arriaga for $15,000.00 together with $5,000.00 reasonable attorney's fees and costs of court, and in the same judgment granted judgment against Maricela Arriaga and San Juanita Arriaga, jointly and severally, in the amount of $4,259.00, to be paid by the defendants to the plaintiff in cash on or before July 3, 1992. The judgment against the appellants was based on an agreement of the parties. It is from that judgment that appellants appeal.
On June 12, 1992, the instant case was scheduled for trial on the merits. However, the appellants reached a settlement agreement with the appellee. By the terms of the settlement agreement, the appellants would pay $4,259.00 to the appellee in full and final settlement and release of any and all claims the appellee may have had against the appellants. At that time, the appellants advised the appellee (and the appellee was aware) that the appellants would have to obtain a bank loan to make the agreed payment. The parties agreed that the appellants would pay the appellee $4,259.00 within two weeks after June 12, 1992. The appellants anticipated that upon payment of the monies the appellee would execute a release and dismiss or nonsuit the lawsuit as against the appellants. When the attorneys for the parties announced the settlement to the trial court on June 16, 1992, the following statements were made:
After the Court heard the proof as to the default judgment against Celestino Arriaga the following transpired:
The Court, thereafter, stated as follows:
Thereafter, the appellants were unable to obtain a loan and advised the appellee they were withdrawing from the agreement. The Court again called the instant case for trial on August 12, 1992, and the following occurred:
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THE COURT: Agreement reached as to defendant Maricela Arriaga and San Juanita Arriaga. Defendant to pay $4,259.00 within two weeks. 3 ... Administratively, I just have to sign the judgment.
Thereafter, the trial judge signed the judgment, which decreed in relevant part:
The Court, having considered the agreement of Plaintiff and Defendants MARICELA ARRIAGA and SAN JUANITA ARRIAGA announced and agreed to by said parties in open court, finds that Plaintiff is entitled to have and recover from Defendants MARICELA ARRIAGA and SAN JUANITA ARRIAGA, jointly and severally, judgment in the amount of FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY NINE AND NO/100 ($4,259.00) DOLLARS, to be paid by Defendants to Plaintiff in cash on or before July 3, 1992.
The appellants attack the judgment by five points of error. They claim that the trial court erred in (1) rendering an agreed judgment after the appellants had withdrawn their agreement; (2) entering and signing "a purported agreed judgment after Appellants had withdrawn their agreement;" (3) rendering an agreed judgment when the appellants "had never agreed to entry of an agreed judgment nor had the Appellee requested entry of an agreed judgment against the Appellants;" (4) rendering, signing, and entering an agreed judgment that did not comport exactly with the terms of the agreement; and (5) rendering, signing or entering a judgment when "appellants had not stated of record that they...
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