Spectrum Investments Group, Inc., Yatin J. Patel and Anil Patel v. House of Spices (India), Inc.

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: August 7, 2008
• Docket: 14-08-00535-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed August 7, 2008

Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed August 7, 2008.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-08-00535-CV

SPECTRUM INVESTMENTS GROUP, INC.,

YATIN J. PATEL and ANIL PATEL, Appellants

V.

HOUSE OF SPICES (INDIA), INC., Appellee

On Appeal from the 280th District Court

Harris County , Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 2007-36734

M E M O R A N D U M  O P I N I O N

According to information provided to this Court, this appeal is from a judgment signed March 24, 2008.  No clerk=s record has been filed.  The clerk responsible for preparing the record in this appeal informed the Court appellants did not make arrangements to pay for the record.  On July 9, 2008, notification was transmitted to all parties of the Court=s intention to dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution unless, within fifteen days, appellants paid or made arrangements to pay for the record and provided this court with proof of payment.  See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b).  No response was filed.

In addition, our records show that appellants have not established indigence or paid the $175.00 appellate filing fee.  See Tex. R. App. P. 5 (requiring payment of fees in civil cases unless indigent);Tex. R. App. P. 20.1 (listing requirements for establishing indigence); see also Order Regarding Fees Charged in Civil Cases in the Supreme Court and the Courts of Appeals and Before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, Misc. Docket No. 07-9138 (Tex. Aug. 28, 2007) (listing fees in court of appeals); Tex. Gov=t Code Ann. ' 51.207 (Vernon 2005) (same).  On July 15, 2008, the Court notified appellants that the fee was past due and the appeal was subject to dismissal.  Again, no response was filed. 

Accordingly, the appeal is ordered dismissed.

PER CURIAM

Judgment rendered and Memorandum Opinion filed August 7, 2008.

Panel consists of Chief Justice Hedges and Justices Guzman and Brown.