Billy Fitts and Freida Fitts v. Melissa Richards-Smith, the Law Firm of Gillam & Smith, LLP, E. Todd Tracy, and the Tracy Law Firm

• Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
• Decided: March 3, 2015
• Docket: 06-15-00017-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 06-15-00017-CV SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS TEXARKANA, TEXAS 3/2/2015 9:08:30 PM DEBBIE AUTREY CLERK

CAUSE NO. 14-0150

BILLY FITTS and FREIDA FITTS, § IN THE DISTRICTFILED COURTIN 6th COURT OF APPEALS Plaintiffs § TEXARKANA, TEXAS § 3/3/2015 11:19:00 AM V. § DEBBIE AUTREY § HARRISON COUNTY, ClerkTEXAS MELISSA RICHARDS-SMITH, § THE LAW FIRM OF GILLAM & § SMITH, LLP, § E. TODD TRACY, and § THE TRACY FIRM, Attorneys at § Law, § 71st JUDICIAL DISTRICT Defendants

NOTICE OF APPEAL

TO THE HONORABLE COURT:

Now comes Billy Fitts and Freida Fitts, Plaintiffs, and file this their Notice of

Appeal as follows:

This appeal is from two Orders of December 3, 2014 of the 74th Judicial District

Court of Harrison County Texas, in cause number 14-0150, styled Billy Fitts and

Freida Fitts, Plaintiffs, v. Melissa Richards-Smith, The Law Firm of Gillam & Smith,

LLP, E. Todd Tracy, and The Tracy Firm, Attorneys at Law, Defendants. The Orders

were signed December 3, 2014, and granted the Motions for Summary Judgment of all

Defendants thereby rendering the grant of summary judgment final and appealable.

Plaintiffs Billy Fitts and Freida Fitts filed a Motion for New Trial on December

31, 2014, which was denied.

NOTICE OF APPEAL 1 Plaintiffs Billy Fitts and Freida Fitts desire to appeal to the Court of Appeals,

Sixth District of Texas at Texarkana, and hereby give notice of appeal.

Respectfully submitted,

______________________________________ CARTER L. HAMPTON Texas State Bar No. 08872100 HAMPTON & ASSOCIATES, PC 1000 Houston Street, Fourth Floor Fort Worth, Texas 76102 Telephone: (817) 877-4202 Facsimile: (817) 877-4204 clhampton@hamptonlawonline.com

LINDSEY M. RAMES Texas State Bar No. 24072295 RAMES LAW FIRM, PC 5661 Mariner Drive Dallas, Texas 75237 Telephone: (214) 884-8860 Facsimile: (888) 482-8894 lindsey@rameslawfirm.com

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS

NOTICE OF APPEAL 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing instrument has been served on the following counsel of record via electronic service this 2nd day of March, 2015.

Mr. Shawn Phelan Thompson Coe 700 North Pearl Street, Suite 2500 Dallas, Texas 75201 Attorney for Defendants Melissa Richards-Smith and Gillam & Smith

Mr. Bruce Campbell Campbell & Chadwick 4201 Spring Valley Road, Suite 1250 Dallas, Texas 75244 Attorney for Defendants E. Todd Tracy and The Tracy Firm

_____________________________________ LINDSEY M. RAMES

NOTICE OF APPEAL 3