Rosa Serrano v. Ryan's Crossing Apartments

Opinion

COURT OF APPEALS

COURT OF APPEALS

EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

EL PASO, TEXAS

ROSA SERRANO,                                               )

                                                                              )              No.  08-03-00369-CV

Appellant,                          )

                                                                              )                 Appeal from the

v.                                                                           )

                                                                              )            County Court at Law #5

RYAN=S CORSSING APARTMENTS and )

DARRYL S. VEREEN,                                         )          of El Paso County, Texas

                                                                              )

Appellees.                          )             (TC# 2002-J00062-5)

MEMORANDUM  OPINION

Pending before the Court is Appellee Darryl S. Vereen=s motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction pursuant to Tex.R.App.P. 42.3.  This rule states:

Under the following circumstances, on any party=s motion--or on its own initiative after giving ten days= notice to all parties--the appellate court may dismiss the appeal or affirm the appealed judgment or order.  Dismissal or affirmance may occur if the appeal is subject to dismissal:

(a)        for want of jurisdiction;

(b)        for want of prosecution; or

(c)        because the appellant has failed to comply with a requirement of these rules, a court order, or a notice from the clerk requiring a response or other action within a specified time.

Tex.R.App.P. 42.3.

Appellant has named Mr. Vereen as an appellee in the appeal before us.  However, Mr. Vereen was not a party in the action below from which Appellant has appealed.  The filing of a notice of appeal invokes the jurisdiction of the appellate court only Aover all parties to the trial court=s judgment or order appealed from.@  Tex.R.App.P. 25.1(b).  Because Mr. Vereen was not a party to the trial court=s judgment, this Court has no jurisdiction over him.  Accordingly, we grant Appellee Darryl S. Vereen=s motion and dismiss the appeal as to him only under Tex.R.App.P. 42.3(a).

September 19, 2003

DAVID WELLINGTON CHEW, Justice

Before Panel No. 3

Barajas, C.J., Larsen, and Chew, JJ.