Alvin Allen Jr. v. Crown Pine Timber 1, LP

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: April 2, 2020
• Docket: 09-20-00001-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-20-00001-CV __________________

ALVIN ALLEN JR., Appellant

V.

CROWN PINE TIMBER 1, LP, Appellee

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On Appeal from the 253rd District Court Liberty County, Texas Trial Cause No. CV1813827 __________________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant Alvin Allen, Jr. petitioned this Court to allow a permissive appeal

of the trial court’s December 4, 2019 interlocutory order denying Crown Pipe

Timber 1, LP’s motion for partial summary judgment. 1 Crown Pine Timber 1, LP

filed a response.

1 See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014(d) (Supp.); see also Tex. R. App. P. 28.3. 1 To perfect a permissive appeal from an interlocutory order that is not

otherwise appealable, the appellant, when in the trial court, must establish “(1) the

order to be appealed involves a controlling question of law as to which there is a

substantial ground for difference of opinion[,] and (2) an immediate appeal from the

order may materially advance the ultimate termination of the litigation.” 2 After

reviewing the petition and the response, we conclude that Allen’s petition for

permissive appeal fails to establish the grounds necessary to support a ruling

granting his request.3 For that reason, we deny Allen’s petition for a permissive

appeal. 4

PETITION DENIED

PER CURIAM

Submitted on April 1, 2020 Opinion Delivered April 2, 2020

Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.

2 Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014(d). 3 See Tex. R. App. P. 28.3(e)(4). 4 Gulf Coast Asphalt Co., L.L.C. v. Lloyd, 457 S.W.3d 539, 543 (Tex. App.— Houston [14th Dist.] 2015, no pet.). 2