Trinity Drywall Systems, LLC v. TOKA General Contractors, Ltd., and Vineyard Village, MSV, LLC

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: May 16, 2012
• Docket: 08-12-00041-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

COURT OF APPEALS

EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

EL PASO, TEXAS

TRINITY DRYWALL SYSTEMS, LLC,                             Appellant, v. TOKA GENERAL CONTRACTORS, LTD AND VINEYARD VILLAGE, MSV, LLC.,                             Appellees.

§

No. 08-12-00041-CV Appeal from the 67th District Court of Tarrant County, Texas (TC# 67-240386-09)

MEMORANDUM  OPINION

Pursuant to Tex.R.App.P. 42.1, Appellee, Toka General Contractors, Ltd., has moved to dismiss its cross-appeal against Appellant, Trinity Drywall Systems, LLC.  Appellant does not oppose Appellee’s motion.  Concluding that dismissing Appellee’s cross-appeal against Appellant will not prejudice Appellant, we grant the motion and dismiss the cross-appeal.  See Tex.R.App.P. 42.1(b)(the court may dispose of a severable portion of the proceeding if disposal will not prejudice the remaining parties).  Because there is no agreement between the parties as to costs and Appellee is seeking relief in its role as Cross-Appellant, we assess costs against Appellee.  See Tex.R.App.P. 42.1(d)(absent agreement of the parties, the court will tax costs against the appellant).

May 16, 2012

                                                                        CHRISTOPHER ANTCLIFF, Justice

Before McClure, C.J., Rivera, and Antcliff, JJ