Bueford Friemel v. David Daniels and Nancy Daniels

• Court: Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)
• Decided: April 30, 2026
• Docket: 07-26-00164-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The Court of Appeals Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo

No. 07-26-00164-CV

BUEFORD FRIEMEL, APPELLANT

V.

DAVID DANIELS AND NANCY DANIELS, APPELLEES

On Appeal from the 181st District Court Randall County, Texas Trial Court No. 86973B, Honorable Titiana Frausto, Presiding

April 30, 2026 MEMORANDUM OPINION Before DOSS and YARBROUGH and PRATT, JJ.

Appellant, Bueford Friemel, proceeding pro se, filed a notice of appeal on March

27, 2026, without identifying the judgment or order being appealed. The trial court clerk

subsequently notified the Court that no judgment or appealable order has been issued in

this case. Generally, appellate courts have jurisdiction to review only final judgments or

interlocutory orders made immediately appealable by statute. See Lehmann v. Har-Con

Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001); Stary v. DeBord, 967 S.W.2d 352, 352–53 (Tex.

1998) (per curiam). Accordingly, by letter of March 31, 2026, we directed Appellant to show how we have jurisdiction over this appeal by April 10, 2026. Appellant has not filed

a response or had any further communication with this Court to date.

Appellant also failed to pay the required filing fee upon filing his notice of appeal.

By letter of March 31, 2026, we notified Appellant that unless he was excused from paying

court costs under Rule of Appellate Procedure 20.1, failure to pay the filing fee by April

10, 2026, would result in dismissal of the appeal. Appellant has yet to pay the filing fee

or seek leave to proceed without payment of court costs.

Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction and because Appellant

has failed to pay the requisite filing fee. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a), (c).

Per Curiam