Robert ("Bob") Royal, and RR Royal Ranch Company, a Texas Corporation v. SAPH, LLC, a Texas Limited Liability Company, and Happy State Bank

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: November 25, 2015
• Docket: 02-15-00364-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

’1’ P0 NO. CV15-ll78 2 fl? “0 a,“ 0540,? Fcoafllgo #604 5 ROBERT ROYAL AND RR ROYAL IN THE aIN k § DISTIflégQQURFILED RANCH COMPANY Or 2nd COURT OFé / foe/fin,” APPEALS FORT WORTH, TEXAS "643'o ~ Plaintiffs, § ~~ 11/25/2015 2:58:08 / PM § v. § 415 JUDICIAL DISTRI DEBRA SPISAK Clerk am § SAPH, LLC AND HAPPY STATE § BANK § Defendants. § OF PARKER COUNTY, TEXAS NOTICE OF APPEAL Plaintiffs, Robert Royal and RR Royal Ranch Company, parties to this case, file this

Notice of Appeal seeking to alter the trial court's judgment or other appealable order.

1. The trial court, trial court case number and style of this matter are shown in the

above caption.

2. The judgment or order appealed from was signed on October 26, 2015.

3. Robert Royal and RR Royal Ranch Company desire to appeal because (a)

Plaintiffs’ had to retain new legal counsel on short notice to properly defend Plaintiffs against

Defendants’ Motion for Final Summary Judgment, Motion for Sanctions, and Motion for

Protective Order and the trial court denied Plaintiffs’ Motion for Continuance to allow Plaintiffs’

counsel adequate time to prepare a defense; (b) Plaintiffs’ were prevented, through the trial

court’s sustaining of Defendants’ objections, from questioning Defendants’ witness in support of

Defendants’ Motion for Final Summary Judgment regarding ownership issues of the property

and creation of liens central to the present case; and (c) the award for sanctions was excessive.

4. This appeal is being taken to either the First or Fourteenth Court of Appeals.

5. This notice is being filed by Robert Royal and RR Royal Ranch Company.

NOTICE OF APPEAL Page I of 2 Respectfully submitted,

DORSETT JOHN ON & SWIFT, LLP

~~ ~~ J. C. Johnson Texas Bar No 24067412

C. de Vild Jr. ~~

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Texas Bar No. 24065130

Robyn Trosper-Murrell Texas Bar No. 24090441 mmfldcnsattjohnsommm 109 East Third Street, Suite 350 Fort Worth, Texas 76102 Telephone: (817) 900-8202 Facsimile: (817) 882-8526

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS ROBERT ROYAL AND RR ROYAL RANCH

Pursuant to Texas Rules of Civil Procedure 21 and 21a, I certify that on November 25, 2015 a true and correct copy of Plaintiffs' Notice of Appeal was served to each person listed below by the method indicated.

7 Michael Brinkley BRINKLEY LAW PLLC PO. Box 820711 Fort Worth, Texas 76182-0711

Stewart R. Werner LAW OFFICES OF STEWART R. WERNER 801 S. Fillmore Street, Suite 720 Amarillo, Texas 79101

/ Attorneys for Defendants

C. J. de Vilder, Jr.

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