Johnnie Lee Carter v. Alliance Leasing, Inc. ( 2005 )

Becker v. State

COURT OF APPEALS

EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

EL PASO, TEXAS

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JOHNNIE LEE CARTER,                                  )                  No. 08-05-00294-CV

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                                    Appellant,                        )                             Appeal from

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v.                                                                          )                  120th District Court

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ALLIANCE LEASING, INC.,                            )                  of El Paso County, Texas

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                                    Appellee.                          )                  (TC# 2005-3431)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

            Johnnie Lee Carter attempts to appeal from a consolidation order. Pending before the Court is a motion to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. Finding that the interlocutory order is not appealable, we grant the motion and dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

            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. 2005); Ruiz v. Ruiz, 946 S.W.2d 123, 124 (Tex.App.--El Paso 1997, no writ). The consolidation order is not a final judgment and is not an appealable order under Section 51.014. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

December 8, 2005                                                      

                                                                                    ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice

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