Shaffer, Hatsy Heep v. Compass Bank

Opinion

Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed January 8, 2004

Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed January 8, 2004.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-02-00788-CV

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HATSY HEEP SHAFFER, Appellant

V.

COMPASS BANK, Appellee

On Appeal from the Probate Court No. 1

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No.  322,228-401

M E M O R A N D U M   O P I N I O N

This is an appeal from a judgment signed April 22, 2002.  By order dated February 13, 2003, this appeal was stayed during the pendency of bankruptcy proceedings.

On December 22, 2003, appellant filed a motion to dismiss the appeal, asserting that the automatic stay in the bankruptcy court had been lifted on November 3, 2003, to allow dismissal of this appeal.  See Tex. R. App. P. 42.1.  We lift the abatement, reinstate the appeal, and grant appellant=s motion to dismiss.

Accordingly, the appeal is ordered dismissed.

PER CURIAM

Judgment rendered and Memorandum Opinion filed January 8, 2004.

Panel consists of Justices Yates, Hudson, and Fowler.