Martha Drusina Benitez v. Morris Dick and Caroline Gandara Dick ( 2004 )

COURT OF APPEALS

COURT OF APPEALS

EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

EL PASO, TEXAS

MARTHA DRUSINA BENITEZ,                         )

                                                                              )     No.  08-04-00342-CV

Appellant,                          )

                                                                              )                    Appeal from the

v.                                                                           )

                                                                              )     Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3

MORRIS DICK and CAROLINE GANDARA    )

DICK,                                                                   )     of El Paso County, Texas

                                                                              )

Appellees.                          )     (TC# F301-0325)

                                                                              )

MEMORANDUM  OPINION

Pending before the Court on its own motion is the dismissal of this appeal for want of jurisdiction.  Martha Drusina Benitez, pro se, filed a notice of appeal on November 23, 2004, from a judgment rendered by the Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3, on November 2, 2004.

Jurisdiction over an appeal of a justice court judgment lies in the county or district court.  See Tex.Civ.Prac.&Rem.Code Ann. ' 51.001 (Vernon 1997); Tejas Elevator Co. v. Concord Elevator, Inc., 982 S.W.2d 578, 579 (Tex.App.--Dallas 1998, no pet.); Tex.R.Civ.P. 574b.  To invoke this Court=s jurisdiction, the Appellant must obtain a final, appealable order or judgment from the county or district court.  Tejas Elevator Co., 982 S.W.2d at 579.  Because this Court does not have jurisdiction, we dismiss the appeal. See Tex.R.App.P. 42.3(a).

December 30, 2004

DAVID WELLINGTON CHEW, Justice

Before Panel No. 2

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