Samuel Torres v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: May 21, 2009
• Docket: 13-09-00264-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

NUMBER 13-99-00548-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG ______________________________________________________________

ROCK HARD, INC. F/K/A SIMPSON-MANN, INC., Appellant,

v.

WENONAH SOCKWELL, INDEPENDENT EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF L. JOE SOCKWELL, DECEASED, Appellee. _____________________________________________________________

On appeal from the County Court at Law No. 2 of Nueces County, Texas. ______________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before Justices Yañez, Rodriguez, and Benavides Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

This appeal was abated by this Court on September 30, 1999, due to the

bankruptcy of one of the parties to this appeal. See 11 U.S.C. § 362; see generally TEX .

R. APP. P. 8. Since the abatement there has been no activity in this appeal. On April 16, 2009, the Court ordered the parties to file an advisory regarding the status of the appeal

and, if applicable, a motion to reinstate the appeal or a motion to dismiss the appeal.

The parties responded to the order by informing the Court that the case should be

reinstated and dismissed for want of prosecution. Accordingly, we reinstate and dismiss

the appeal for want of prosecution. See TEX . R. APP. P. 42.3(b).

PER CURIAM

Memorandum Opinion delivered and filed this the 21st day of May, 2009.