Nicole Bailey D/B/A Baltran Services v. Houston Sawing and Drilling Company, Inc.

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: June 30, 2011
• Docket: 14-11-00231-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed June 30, 2011.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-11-00231-CV

NICOLE BAILEY D/B/A BALTRAN SERVICES, Appellant

V.

HOUSTON SAWING AND DRILLING COMPNAY, INC., Appellee

On Appeal from the 215th District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 2009-60324

M E M O R A N D U M   O P I N I O N

This is an attempted appeal from a judgment signed November 23, 2010.  No motion for new trial was filed.  Appellant=s notice of appeal was filed March 16, 2011.

The notice of appeal must be filed within thirty days after the judgment is signed when appellant has not filed a timely motion for new trial, motion to modify the judgment, motion to reinstate, or request for findings of fact and conclusion of law.  See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1.  Appellant=s notice of appeal was not filed timely. A motion for extension of time is necessarily implied when an appellant, acting in good faith, files a notice of appeal beyond the time allowed by rule 26.1, but within the fifteen-day grace period provided by Rule 26.3 for filing a motion for extension of time.  See Verburgt v. Dorner, 959 S.W.2d 615, 617-18 (1997) (construing the predecessor to Rule 26).  Appellant=s notice of appeal was not filed within the fifteen-day period provided by rule 26.3

On May 31, 2011, notification was transmitted to all parties of the court=s intention to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.  See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a).  Appellant=s response to that notification fails to demonstrate that this Court has jurisdiction to entertain the appeal.

Accordingly, the appeal is ordered dismissed.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Anderson, Brown, and Christopher.