Teresa A. Johnson v. Suntrust Bank D/B/A Lightstream ( 2019 )

NUMBER 13-19-00370-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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TERESA A. JOHNSON, Appellant,
V.
SUNTRUST BANK D/B/A LIGHTSTREAM, Appellee.
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On appeal from the 370th District Court
of Hidalgo County, Texas.
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Benavides, Longoria, and Perkes
Memorandum Opinion by Justice Benavides
Appellant Teresa A. Johnson, proceeding pro se, attempted to perfect an appeal
from trial court cause number C-2122-19-G in the 370th District Court of Hidalgo County,
Texas. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
Generally, appellate courts have jurisdiction only over appeals from final
judgments. See City of Watauga v. Gordon, 434 S.W.3d 586, 588 (Tex. 2014); Lehmann
v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001). Further, appellate courts have
jurisdiction to consider appeals of interlocutory orders only if a statute explicitly provides
for such an appeal. Tex. A & M Univ. Sys. v. Koseoglu, 233 S.W.3d 835, 840 (Tex.
2007); see City of Watauga, 434 S.W.3d at 588.
Appellant’s notice of appeal states that she wishes to appeal “the Citation served
on July 13, 2019.” On August 2, 2019, the Clerk of this Court notified appellant that it
appeared that there was no final, appealable order so that steps could be taken to correct
this defect, if it could be done. See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.1, 42.3(a). Appellant was advised
that the appeal would be dismissed if the defect was not corrected within ten days from
the date of receipt of this notice. Appellant did not correct the defect or otherwise
respond to this Court’s notice.
The Court, having considered the documents on file and appellant’s failure to
correct the defect in this matter, is of the opinion that the appeal should be dismissed for
want of jurisdiction. Accordingly, we DISMISS the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See
id. R. 37.1, 42.3(a),(c).
GINA M. BENAVIDES,
Justice
Delivered and filed the
12th day of September, 2019.
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