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Saunders v. Saunders

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
May 8, 2015
NO. 03-14-00807-CV (Tex. App. May. 8, 2015)

Opinion

NO. 03-14-00807-CV

05-08-2015

Paul Robert Saunders, Appellant v. Christi Antilley Saunders, Appellee


FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 345TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NO. D-1-FM-14-004475, HONORABLE ORLINDA NARANJO, JUDGE PRESIDING
MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant filed a notice of appeal on December 23, 2014. However, the record reflects that the district court subsequently granted a motion for new trial. "Granting a new trial restores the case to its position before the former trial . . . ." See Tex. R. App. P. 21.9(b). Because there is no longer a final judgment from which an appeal may be pursued, this Court lacks jurisdiction over this appeal. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code §§ 51.012, .014; Lemann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(f).

/s/_________

Scott K. Field, Justice
Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Goodwin and Field Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction Filed: May 8, 2015


Summaries of

Saunders v. Saunders

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
May 8, 2015
NO. 03-14-00807-CV (Tex. App. May. 8, 2015)
Case details for

Saunders v. Saunders

Case Details

Full title:Paul Robert Saunders, Appellant v. Christi Antilley Saunders, Appellee

Court:TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

Date published: May 8, 2015

Citations

NO. 03-14-00807-CV (Tex. App. May. 8, 2015)

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