Towner Leeper v. R. F. Haynsworth and Gary Crossland

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: January 13, 2005
• Docket: 08-04-00299-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Becker v. State

COURT OF APPEALS

EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

EL PASO, TEXAS

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TOWNER LEEPER,                                           )                  No. 08-04-00299-CV

                                    Appellant,                        )                             Appeal from

v.                                                                          )                  346th District Court

R.F. HAYNSWORTH and                                  )                  of El Paso County, Texas

GARY CROSSLAND,                                        )

                                                                             ) (TC# 2000-1541)

                                    Appellees.                        )

MEMORANDUM OPINION

            Pending before the Court is a motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction filed by R.F. Haynsworth and Gary Crossland. Towner Leeper attempts to appeal from an order granting partial summary judgment. In his response to the motion, Leeper admits that the summary judgment is interlocutory and asks the Court to “disregard” his notice of appeal. We have filed Leeper’s response as a voluntary motion to dismiss pursuant to Tex.R.App.P. 42.1.

            Appellate courts generally have jurisdiction over final judgments and such interlocutory orders as the legislature deems appealable. Tex.Civ.Prac.&Rem.Code Ann. § 51.012 (Vernon 1997) and § 51.014 (Vernon Supp. 2004-05); Ruiz v. Ruiz, 946 S.W.2d 123, 124 (Tex.App.--El Paso 1997, no writ). The partial summary judgment is not a final judgment and is not an appealable order under Section 51.014. Accordingly, we grant the motion to dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. Leeper’s voluntary motion to dismiss is denied as moot.

January 13, 2005                                                        

                                                                                    ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice

Before Panel No. 2

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