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Parson v. Cole

Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
Mar 29, 2021
No. 05-18-00642-CV (Tex. App. Mar. 29, 2021)

Opinion

No. 05-18-00642-CV

03-29-2021

BRIDGET PARSON, Appellant v. BECKY COLE, Appellee


On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 2 Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. CC-15-01563-B

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before Justices Molberg, Reichek, and Nowell
Opinion by Justice Reichek

Appellant appeals from the trial court's May 29, 2018 order denying her motion to vacate a default judgment. By letter dated March 8, 2021, we questioned our jurisdiction over this appeal. We instructed appellant to file, by March 18th, a letter brief addressing our concern and cautioned her that failure to do so may result in dismissal of the appeal without further notice. As of today's date, appellant has not filed a letter brief.

Appellant appealed the December 17. 2015 default judgment and this Court dismissed that appeal for want of prosecution. See Bridget Parson v. Becky Cole, No. 05-16-00060-CV, 2016 WL 1704377, at *1 (Tex. App.—Dallas April 17, 2016, no pet.) (mem. op.).

We abated this appeal on October 31, 2018 due to appellant's bankruptcy filing. We reinstated the appeal on February 25, 2021. --------

Generally this Court has jurisdiction only over final judgments and certain interlocutory orders as permitted by statute. See Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001); TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 51.014. Here, the trial court's May 29, 2018 order denying appellant's motion to vacate the default judgment is neither a final judgment nor an appealable interlocutory order. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a).

/Amanda L. Reichek/

AMANDA L. REICHEK

JUSTICE 180642F.P05

JUDGMENT

On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 2, Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. CC-15-01563-B.
Opinion delivered by Justice Reichek. Justices Molberg and Nowell participating.

In accordance with this Court's opinion of this date, the appeal is DISMISSED. Judgment entered March 29, 2021.


Summaries of

Parson v. Cole

Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
Mar 29, 2021
No. 05-18-00642-CV (Tex. App. Mar. 29, 2021)
Case details for

Parson v. Cole

Case Details

Full title:BRIDGET PARSON, Appellant v. BECKY COLE, Appellee

Court:Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas

Date published: Mar 29, 2021

Citations

No. 05-18-00642-CV (Tex. App. Mar. 29, 2021)

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