Enrique Villa v. Elizabeth Ortiz Villa

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: January 22, 2015
• Docket: 13-14-00668-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

NUMBER 13-14-00668-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG ____________________________________________________________

ENRIQUE VILLA, Appellant,

v.

ELIZABETH ORTIZ VILLA, Appellee. ____________________________________________________________

On appeal from the 267th District Court of De Witt County, Texas. ____________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before Justices Benavides, Perkes, and Longoria Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, Enrique Villa, attempted to perfect an appeal from a judgment entered

by the 267th District Court of De Witt, County, Texas, in cause no. 10-08-21,636. Upon

review of the documents before the Court, it appeared that there is no final, appealable

judgment. On November 25, 2014, the Clerk of this Court notified appellant of this defect

so that steps could be taken to correct this defect, if it could be done. See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.1, 42.3. Appellant was advised that, if the defect was not corrected within ten days

from the date of receipt of the notice, the appeal would be dismissed for want of

jurisdiction. No response has been received from appellant.

In terms of appellate jurisdiction, appellate courts only have jurisdiction to review

final judgments and certain interlocutory orders identified by statute. Lehmann v. Har-

Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001). Because there is no final judgment or order

subject to appeal, the notice of appeal is premature. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1, 27.1(a)

Appellant has not demonstrated that a written order has been signed.

Accordingly, the appeal is DISMISSED FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION. See TEX. R.

APP. P. 42.3(a)(c).

PER CURIAM

Delivered and filed the 22nd day of January, 2015.