Tarris Woods v. Sandra T. Kenner and Charles E. Twymon, Jr. ( 2015 )

ACCEPTED
01-14-01030-CV
FIRST COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
6/16/2015 4:54:17 PM
CHRISTOPHER PRINE
CLERK
NO. 01-14-01030-CV
IN THE FILED IN
FIRST COURT OF APPEALS 1st COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
AT HOUSTON, TEXAS 6/16/2015 4:54:17 PM
______________________________________
CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
Clerk
TARRIS WOODS
-Appellant-
VERSUS FILED IN
1st COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
SANDRA T. KENNER AND CHARLES E. TWYMON, JR.
6/16/2015 4:54:17 PM
-Appellee-
CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
______________________________________ Clerk
On Appeal from the
Probate Court of Galveston County
Trial Court Case No. PR-0075144
Hon. Kimberly Sullivan, Presiding
_____________________________________________
APPELLANT'S MOTION TO TAKE JUDICIAL NOTICE
Douglas T. Godinich
Attorney at Law
SBN: 24007244
2727 Broadway
Galveston, Texas 77550
(409) 763-2454 (telephone)
(409) 736-4309 (facsimile)
Attorney for Appellant
Tarris Woods
TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF SAID COURT:
NOW COMES Appellant, Tarris Woods, asks the Court to take
Judicial Notice of Cause Number 01-14-01029-CV.
A. INTRODUCTION
1. Appellant is Tarris Woods; appellee is Sandra Kenner
and Charles Twymon, Jr.
B. Argument & Authorities
2. A court of appeals has the power to take judicial
notice for the first time on appeal. See Langdale v. Villamil,
813 S.W.2d 187, 189–90 (Tex.App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1991, no
writ); City of Dallas v. Moreau, 718 S.W.2d 776, 781 (Tex.App.—
Corpus Christi 1986, writ ref'd n.r.e.).
3. To be the proper subject of judicial notice, a fact
must be “capable of accurate and ready determination by resort to
sources whose accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned.”
Tex.R.Civ.Evid. 201(b)(2). Judicial notice is mandatory if
“requested by a party and [the court is] supplied with the
necessary information.” Tex.R.Civ.Evid. 201(d).
4. Appellant direct the court's attention to the clerk's
record in cause number 01-14-01029-CV; namely: CR: 4-14; CR: 17;
CR: 22; CR:32-45; CR: 60-65; CR: 67-72.
5. The authenticity and contents of the clerk’s records
are capable of accurate and ready determination by resort to a
published record whose accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned.
C. Conclusion
6. Appellant requests that this Court take judicial
notice of the clerk’s record that is on file in case number 01-
14-01029-CV; namely: CR: 4-14; CR: 17; CR: 22; CR:32-45; CR:60-
65; CR: 67-72.
D. Prayer
7. For these reasons, Appellant asks the Court to take
Judicial notice of the clerk’s record in case number 01-14-01029-
CV; namely: CR: 4-14; CR: 17; CR: 22; CR: 32-45; CR:60-65; CR:
67-72.
Respectfully submitted,
_/S/_Douglas T. Godinich _
Douglas T. Godinich
Texas Bar No. 24007244
2727 Broadway
Galveston, Texas 77550
Tel: (409) 763-2454
Fax: (409) 736-4309
Attorney for Tarris Woods
Certificate of Conference
I certify that I have attempted to confer with Thomas W.
McQuage’s office by telephone and he is neither opposed or
unopposed to Appellent=s Motion to take Judicial Notice.
__/S/_Douglas T. Godinich ___
Douglas T. Godinich
Certificate of Service
A copy of this notice is being filed with the appellate
clerk in accordance with rule 25.1(e) of the Texas Rules of Civil
Procedure. I certify that a true copy of this Motion to
Take Judicial Notice was served in accordance with rule 9.5 of
the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure on each party or the
attorney for such party indicated below by method indicated.
_/s/ Douglas T. Godinich___________
Douglas T. Godinich
By FAX TRANSMITTAL
Thomas W. McQuage
P.O. Box 16894
Galveston, Texas 77552
TEL: 409-762-1104
mcquage@swbell.net