Angel Mortgage Income Resources and Preston Julian v. Rose Guidry Kinsey

CourtCourt of Appeals of Texas
DecidedOctober 19, 2015
Docket01-15-00890-CV
StatusPublished

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Opinion

DATE 10/19/2015 FILED IN R

NOTICE OF APPEALS 1st COURT OF APPEALS ASSIGNMENT OF COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 10/19/2015 1:34:20 PM TO: 1ST COURT OF APPEALS CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk

From: Deputy Clerk: IRMA MEDINA Chris Daniel, District Clerk Harris County, T E X A S

CAUSE: 2014-31312

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DUE 12/15/2016 ATTORNEY 24010071

NOTICE OF APPEAL HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE 1ST

DATE ORDER SIGNED: 7/20/2015

MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL FILED: 8/17/2015

REQUEST TRANSCRIPT DATE FILED N/A

NOTICE OF APPEAL DATE FILED 10/16/2015

NUMBER OF DAYS: ( CLERKS RECORD ) 120 FILE ORDERED: YES NO IMAGED FILED: YES NO

CODES FOR NOTICE OF APPEAL: BC, C

CHRIS DANIEL Harris County, District Clerk

By: /s/IRMA MEDINA IRMA MEDINA, Deputy

BC NOTICE OF APPEAL FILED BG NOTICE OF APPEAL FILED – GOVERNMENT C JUDGMENT BEING APPEALED D- ACCELERATED APPEAL OA NO CLERK’S RECORD REQUEST FILED O CLERK’S RECORD REQUEST FILED (W/NOTICE OF APPEAL) NA AMENDED NOTICE OF APPEAL

AP9 R04-30-92 S:\FormsLib\Civil Bureau\Civil Courts & Post Judgment\Post Trial\Appeal Status Card Revised 01-18-2013 10/16/2015 8:02:41 PM Chris Daniel - District Clerk Harris County Envelope No. 7422009 By: Irma Medina Filed: 10/16/2015 8:02:41 PM

CAUSE NO. 2014-31312

ROSE GUIDRY KINSEY § IN THE DISTRICT COURT § § v. § § 164TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT § ANGEL MORTGAGE INCOME § RESOURCES AND § PRESTON JULIAN § HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS

DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF APPEAL

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT:

COME NOW Defendants, Angel Mortgage Income Resources and Preston Julian

(collectively hereinafter referred to as “Defendants”), who file this Notice of Appeal.

Notice is hereby given that Defendants, seeks to alter the trial court’s Final Summary

Judgment and Order Signed Awarding Attorney’s Fees.

1. The trial court, cause number, and style of this case are shown in the caption

above.

2. The Final Summary Judgment and Order Signed Awarding Attorney’s Fees

was signed on July 20, 2015.

3. Defendants filed a Motion for New Trial and Reconsideration on August 17,

2015 extending the time to perfect an appeal until October 18, 2015.

4. The Motion for New Trial and Reconsideration was denied by rule of law.

5. Defendants desires to appeal all portions of the Judgment and award of

attorney’s fees. 2014-31312 Defendants’ Notice of Appeal 1 6. This appeal is being taken to either the First Court of Appeals or the

Fourteenth Court of Appeals, in Houston, Texas.

Respectfully submitted,

_/S/ James A. Gray III_________ James A. Gray III TBA No. 2410071 6302 Drayton Hall Missouri City, Texas 77459 Tel: (713) 598-0688 Fax: (800) 524-4102 Counsel for Defendants ANGEL MORTGAGE INCOME RESOURCES AND PRESTON JULIAN

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on October 16, 2015, a true and correct copy of the foregoing instrument was served on all counsel and parties pursuant to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure by facsimile and/or electronic service, as follows:

Marie Jamison WRIGHT & CLOSE, L.L.P. One Riverway, Suite 2200 Houston, Texas 77056 Telephone: (713) 572-4321 Facsimile: (713) 572-4320 jamison@wrightclose.com Counsel for Plaintiff

_/S/ James A. Gray III_________ James A. Gray III

2014-31312 Defendants’ Notice of Appeal 2 8/17/2015 6:41:54 PM Chris Daniel - District Clerk Harris County Envelope No. 6532540 By: Bonisha Evans Filed: 8/17/2015 6:41:54 PM

ROSE GUIDRY KINSEY § IN THE DISTRICT COURT § § v. § 164TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT § § ANGEL MORTGAGE INCOME § RESOURCES AND § PRESTON JULIAN § HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS

DEFENDANTS ANGEL MORTGAGE INCOME RESOURCES AND PRESTON JULIAN’S MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION AND NEW TRIAL

COME NOW Defendants Angel Mortgage Income Resources and Preston Julian

(collectively hereinafter referred to as “Defendants”), who file this Motion for

Reconsideration and New Trial and in support thereof, respectfully show this Court as

follows:

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Rose Guidry Kinsey (hereinafter referred to as “Plaintiff”) brought suit

against Defendants asserting breach of contract and seeking a declaratory judgment. In

December of 2014, Plaintiff filed a Motion for Summary Judgment claiming there were no

issues of material fact and that she was entitled to judgment as a matter of law on her

breach of contract and declaratory judgment claims. This Court granted Plaintiff’s motion

and entered an Order for Interlocutory Summary Judgment on January 16, 2015. On March

5, 2015, Plaintiff filed a Motion for Summary Judgment seeking reasonable and necessary

attorneys’ fees as well as costs and expenses.

Defendants’ Motion for Reconsideration and New Trial 1 Defendants now file this Motion for Reconsideration and New Trial because this

Court entered an Order as to Plaintiff’s breach of contract claim without requiring that

Plaintiff prove all elements of her claim. Additionally, this Court entered an Order as to

Plaintiff’s attorneys’ fees; however, Plaintiff is not entitled to attorneys’ fees. Accordingly,

Defendants move for reconsideration of this Court’s prior Orders and respectfully request

the Court consider the following:

II. MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION AND NEW TRIAL

1. Plaintiff failed to establish all elements as to her breach of contract claim.

On December 19, 2014, Plaintiff filed a Motion for Summary Judgment asserting a

breach of contract and seeking a declaratory judgment as to a dispute regarding the

percentage of interest to be charged under a note held by Defendants. Defendants responded

to Plaintiff’s motion by showing that Plaintiff failed to establish the element of damages

under her breach of contract claim and therefore, could not succeed on her Motion for

Summary Judgment. The basis of Defendants’ argument was that the only monetary losses,

if any, suffered by Plaintiff were the attorneys’ fees she incurred in bringing suit; a choice

she made and, expenses she chose to incur without suffering any other damages. But what

Plaintiff fails to acknowledge is that attorneys’ fees alone are not sufficient to support the

element of damages under a breach of contract claim because the damages must be caused

by the defendant’s breach of the contract, not the investigation, filing and prosecution of a

lawsuit.1 Plaintiff failed to establish any damages.

1 B&W Sup. Beckman, 305 S.W.3d 10, 16 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2009, pet. denied).

Defendants’ Motion for Reconsideration and New Trial 2 Because evidence of damages is necessary to support a finding for breach of contract

and Plaintiff failed to establish such damages, this Court was without the necessary

evidence to enter a judgment against Defendants.

Even if Plaintiff did establish some evidence of damages—which Defendants

vehemently deny—Plaintiff failed to prove that Defendants’ alleged breach caused such

damages. As such, Defendants request that this Court vacate its Order granting Plaintiff’s

Motion for Summary Judgment and grant a new trial regarding the same.

2. Attorneys’ fees cannot be awarded against a partnership under Chapter 38 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code.

On March 5, 2015, Plaintiff filed a Motion for Summary Judgment as to her attorneys’

fees. The Court entered an Order granting Plaintiff’s fees; however, Plaintiff was not

entitled to recover such fees.

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