Opinion
05-24-00908-CV
08-15-2024
TASHAYLA CRUM, Appellant v. CAMP WISDOM/WESTMORLAND LTD. A TEXAS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Appellee
On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 3 Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. CC-24-03906-C
Before Justices Pedersen, III, Smith, and Garcia, J.
ORDER
BILL PEDERSEN, III JUSTICE.
Before the Court is appellant's August 15, 2024 motion for emergency stay. The Court questions its jurisdiction over this appeal from the county court's final judgment of eviction. Section 24.007 of the Texas Property Code authorizes an appeal from a final judgment of a county court in an eviction suit so long as the premises in question are being used for residential purposes. Tex. Prop. Code Ann. § 24.007. Appellant's motion, however, reflects that the premises in question were used for commercial purposes. Accordingly, this appeal is subject to dismissal for want of jurisdiction unless appellant files, no later than August 26, 2024, a letter showing cause why the appeal should not be dismissed for want of jurisdiction. See id.; Tex.R.App.P. 42.3(a). Appellee may file a response to appellant's letter within three days of the filing of appellant's letter; however, if the Court determines after reviewing appellant's letter, if any, that it lacks jurisdiction over this appeal, then this Court may dismiss this appeal without waiting on appellee's response.
The Court will take no action on appellant's August 15, 2024 emergency motion before it determines it has jurisdiction over this appeal.