texasrocker

Rausch, Sturm, Israel, Enerson & Hornik is the laziest and wimpiest law firm in Texas. It is surprising that they even showed up for mediation. They are notorious for doing absolutely nothing after filing a lawsuit until finally filing a non-suit on the day they must appear in court for any procedure. Sometimes they don't even non-suit and the judge drops the case because they failed to show.

Small Claims courts were abolished by the Texas Supreme Court in 2013. For your answer use the same format as the Plaintiff's Original Petition that you were served with the court and case information on top of the page. DEFENDANT'S ORIGINAL ANSWER Comes now, <your name>, the Defendant in the above styled and numbered cause and files this Original Answer in this action and would respectfully show the following: I. GENERAL DENIAL Defendant generally denies each and every, all and singular, of the allegations set forth in the Plaintiff's Original Petition and dema

Just what you said- get the whole case file. This OP is not telling the whole story. No court clerk or anyone there with any authority would tell a defendant to not file an answer. True, some may say they are not allowed to give legal advice but there is no way that could be misconstrued as "do nothing." I have never heard of a clerk refusing to explain the court's procedures because they are not uniform in all courts. At the very least the papers attached to the summons explain that the answer must be filed by the stated deadline. Perhaps she forgot about it or for whatever reason fa

What law firm is it?

There is definitely grounds for appeal. That judge was 100% wrong as Texas small claims courts were abolished in 2013.

@fisthardcheese

You need to file an answer with the court before the deadline given in the summons. For your answer use the same format as the Plaintiff's Original Petition that you were served with the court and case information on top of the page. DEFENDANT'S ORIGINAL ANSWER Comes now, <your name>, the Defendant in the above styled and numbered cause and files this Original Answer in this action and would respectfully show the following: I. GENERAL DENIAL Defendant generally denies each and every, all and singular, of the allegations set forth in the Plaintiff's Original Pet

No they are not. Small claims courts were abolished in 2013.

@fisthardcheese

That is not even a link. Try uploading them to imgur.com and they will generate a URL to a page showing all of your images. Post that URL here.

No, Tried both Firefox and Chrome.

Your images are not working.

I am assuming you filed a motion for the court's approval to begin discovery in a JP court as there is no such thing as a "motion for discovery" in Texas. What is the name of the attorney that filed the suit? Can you post a copy of the motion you filed and the objection they filed (with your personal information redacted of course.)

@fisthardcheese

You need to ask your clerk of court if you must schedule a hearing as each court has its own rules on that. You don't need to include all of that "verbiage" with your answer. A simple general denial is efficient. Some may disagree but I will always say to pay the $6 for a signed certified mail receipt from USPS for their copy of anything you file with the court. JDB attorneys are among the lowest of the low and will lie or be otherwise deceptive one way or another throughout the case. When you produce the green card showing a signature of someone in their office they will have a hell