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Wood v. Morrison

Court of Appeals of Texas, Ninth District, Beaumont
Feb 17, 2005
No. 09-04-247 CV (Tex. App. Feb. 17, 2005)

Summary

affirming judgment based on rule 38.8

Summary of this case from In re L.N.E.

Opinion

No. 09-04-247 CV

Submitted on February 11, 2005.

Opinion Delivered February 17, 2005.

On Appeal from the 258th District Court, San Jacinto County, Texas, Trial Cause No. 10663.

Affirmed.

Cynthia Ileen Wood, Willis, TX, for Appellant.

Kenna M. Seiler, Hope Causey, Conroe, TX, for Appellee.

Before McKEITHEN, C.J., GAULTNEY and KREGER, JJ.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

Tex.R.App.P. 47.4.


Cynthia Ileen Wood, acting individually and as next friend of Devin Wood, sued Benjamin G. Morrison for personal injuries sustained in an automobile accident. The trial court's judgment, entered in accordance with the jury verdict, awarded Wood $4,506.78 individually and awarded Wood nothing in her capacity as next friend of Devin Wood. Wood's appeal was submitted on the clerk's record alone because the appellant was not entitled to a free reporter's record and failed to make payment arrangements for the reporter's record. See Tex.R.App.P. 20.1(a)(1); 37.3(a)(1),(c). The appeal was submitted without briefs because the appellant failed to file her brief by the November 10, 2004, due date. See Tex.R.App.P. 38.8(a)(2). The appellant did not request additional time to file the brief. See Tex.R.App.P. 38.6(d). On January 21, 2005, we notified the parties that the appeal would be advanced without oral argument. See Tex.R.App.P. 39.9. The appellee then filed a brief. We regard that brief as correctly presenting the case. See Tex.R.App.P. 38.8(a)(3). The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.


Summaries of

Wood v. Morrison

Court of Appeals of Texas, Ninth District, Beaumont
Feb 17, 2005
No. 09-04-247 CV (Tex. App. Feb. 17, 2005)

affirming judgment based on rule 38.8

Summary of this case from In re L.N.E.
Case details for

Wood v. Morrison

Case Details

Full title:CYNTHIA ILEEN WOOD, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIEND OF DEVIN WOOD…

Court:Court of Appeals of Texas, Ninth District, Beaumont

Date published: Feb 17, 2005

Citations

No. 09-04-247 CV (Tex. App. Feb. 17, 2005)

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