Lasae Spraggins v. the Henderson Tenant LP

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: March 6, 2025
• Docket: 02-25-00066-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

In the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth ___________________________ No. 02-25-00066-CV ___________________________

LASAE SPRAGGINS, Appellant

V.

THE HENDERSON TENANT LP, Appellee

On Appeal from County Court at Law No. 1 Tarrant County, Texas Trial Court No. 2024-008839-1

Before Sudderth, C.J.; Kerr and Birdwell, JJ. Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Sudderth MEMORANDUM OPINION

The county court at law entered a forcible detainer judgment against Appellant

Lasae Spraggins, but within ten days, it vacated that judgment. Spraggins, however,

subsequently filed this appeal.

As there was no longer a judgment for Spraggins to challenge, we notified her

that her appeal appeared moot. See Heckman v. Williamson Cnty., 369 S.W.3d 137, 162

(Tex. 2012) (explaining that a case becomes moot if “the issues presented are no

longer ‘live’” such that “the court’s action on the merits cannot affect the parties’

rights or interests”). We asked Spraggins to state grounds for continuing her appeal if

she desired to do so, warning that it would be dismissed otherwise. See Tex. R. App.

P. 44.3. Spraggins responded by detailing her complaints regarding the now-vacated

judgment; she did not identify a live controversy, nor did she enunciate other grounds

for continuing the appeal.

Because this appeal is moot, we dismiss it for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R.

App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f); see also Oncor Elec. Delivery Co. LLC v. Bettinger, No. 02-18-

00193-CV, 2018 WL 3468468, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth July 19, 2018, no pet.)

(per curiam) (mem. op.) (dismissing appeal as moot after trial court vacated

judgment).

/s/ Bonnie Sudderth Bonnie Sudderth Chief Justice Delivered: March 6, 2025