Yaweh Thru " Yahweh Kingdom People" Ekklesia via "Y.K.P" Kingdom Corporation Sole, Registered Agent, Ambassador Claude Hugh Lloyd the Second of Yahvah YahvanShia YahvahRuach and Ambassador Cassondra Jean Lloyd of Yahvah YahvahShua YahvahRauch v. Gregg Abbott, Texas Attorney General, Mike Stafford, County Attorney, Individually and His Official Capacity Jo Ann Crawford, President of Crosby Independence in Her Official Capacity and Jo Ann Crawford, Individally Sheryl Shaw, Current President of

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: October 7, 2010
• Docket: 01-09-00584-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Opinion issued October 7, 2010.

In The

Court of Appeals

For The

First District of Texas

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NO. 01-09-00584-CV

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Yahweh thru “Yahweh Kingdom People” EKKLESIA

via “Y.K.P.” Kingdom Corporation Sole, Registered

Agent; Ambassador Claude Hugh Lloyd the

Second of Yahvah Yahvanshia Yahvahruach

and Ambassador Cassondra Jean Lloyd

of Yahvah Yahvahshua Yahvahrauch, Appellants

V.

Gregg Abbott, Texas Attorney General; Mike Stafford, County Attorney, Individually and in his official capacity; Jo Ann Crawford, President of Crosby Independence in her official capacity and Jo Ann Crawford, individually; and Sheryl Shaw, Current President, individually; paul bettencourt, harris county tax collector/assessor, in his official capacity and PAUL BETTENCOURT, INDIVIDUALLY; ALVIN DIEUVAN NGUYEN; DIEUTHAO KHOA NGUYEN; MARMIC PROPERTIES, L.L.C.; ELIAS KHAIMY AGENT; KK CHIPS LLP; JANET VITTUR; MARK VITTUR; SHIRLEY KEENE; KEITH KEENE; FAIRPARK INVESTMENTS, L.P.; CONSTABLE GLENN CHEEK, PRECINCT 5; J. RODRIGUEZ, UNIT 522; GATEWAY REAL ESTATE; AND DENNIS GATES, INDIVIDUALLY, Appellees

On Appeal from the 152nd District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Case No. 2008-18599

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellate courts have jurisdiction over final judgments and certain interlocutory orders identified by statute.  Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001).  “Only one final judgment shall be rendered in any cause except where it is otherwise specially provided by law.”  Tex. R. Civ. P. 301. 

We recognize that a judgment need not recite the names of all parties or claims; the language of a summary judgment order cannot render the order interlocutory and unappealable when, on the record, it is a final disposition of the case.  See Lehmann, 39 S.W.3d at 195.  Here, however, none of the summary judgment orders dispose of the plaintiffs’ claims against several parties, and the record does not contain an order dismissing the claims against those parties or severing those claims from the remainder of the cause.[1] 

Because the summary judgment orders appealed from do not dispose of all parties and claims in the case, no final judgment currently exists.  Nor is any order identified by statute as subject to interlocutory appeal.  See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014 (Vernon 2008); see also Tex. R. Civ. P. 215.2(b)(8).  We therefore lack jurisdiction to review the sanctions order and must dismiss the appeal.

The appeal also requires dismissal because appellant Yahweh thru Yahweh Kingdom People via “YKP” Kingdom Corporation has failed to comply with our December 22, 2009 order requiring that it provide the name, address, and Texas State Bar number of its counsel of record.  The Lloyds, who have filed documents purportedly on behalf of the appellant, are not licensed attorneys and thus are not authorized to represent Yahweh Kingdom People or any other entity or person besides themselves in legal proceedings.  See Dell Dev. Corp. v. Best Indus. Uniform Supply Co., 743 S.W.2d 302, 303 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1987, writ denied) (“Corporations may appear and be represented only by a licensed attorney.”); see also Crain v. Unauthorized Practice of Law Comm., 11 S.W.3d 328, 332–34 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1999, pet. denied) (explaining that person who is not licensed attorney may not represent other persons in legal matters); Globe Leasing, Inc. v. Engine Supply & Mach. Serv., 437 S.W.2d 43, 45 (Tex. Civ. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1969, no writ) (holding that even if corporation’s president had given timely notice of appeal from judgment against corporation, such notice would be ineffective when president representing corporation was not licensed attorney and stating that “corporation may not appear in court through its officers who are not attorneys”).

We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.  See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a).

                                                PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Keyes, Higley, and Bland.

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[1]           The appellate record shows that the defendants in the trial court who continue to have claims against them include Attorney General Gregg Abbott; Alvin Dieuvan Nguyen; Dieuthao Khoa Nguyen; Marmic Properties, L.L.C.; Elias Khaimy, Agent; Fairpark Investments, L.P.; Constable Glenn Cheek, Precinct 5; J. Rodriguez, Unit 522; Gateway Real Estate; and Dennis Gates, Individually.