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dismissing for want of jurisdiction appeal challenging order appointing receiver after 91 days
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No. 03-03-00734-CV.
Filed: February 5, 2004.
Appeal from the District Court of Travis County, 261st Judicial District, No. GV302530, Honorable Darlene Byrne, Judge Presiding.
Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction.
Before Justices KIDD, B.A. SMITH and PEMBERTON.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
The district court below signed an interlocutory order appointing a receiver on September 8, 2003. Texas Civil Practices and Remedies Code section 51.014 authorizes appeals from interlocutory orders such as appointment of receivers. Tex. Civ. Prac. Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014(a)(1) (West Supp. 2004). An appeal from an authorized interlocutory order is an accelerated appeal, Tex.R.App.P. 28.1, which are required to be perfected within twenty days of the date the order was signed. Tex.R.App.P. 26.1(b).
Therefore, the accelerated appeal in this case was due to be filed on September 28, 2003. Appellant M. Roger Boyd d/b/a Rocket Water filed a notice of appeal on December 8, 2003, ninety-one days after the order was signed and well beyond the deadline for perfecting this appeal. Appellee filed a motion to dismiss and an amended motion to dismiss. As this Court lacks jurisdiction over this out-of-time appeal, appellee's motions are dismissed. Accordingly, this case is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Tex.R.App.P. 42.3(a).