William F. Callejo, Trustee v. Republic Property Company, Inc. ( 2011 )

                                                         In The

                                                Court of Appeals

                        Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

                                                ______________________________

                                                             No. 06-11-00112-CV

                                                ______________________________

                           WILLIAM F. CALLEJO, TRUSTEE, Appellant

                                                                V.

                     REPUBLIC PROPERTY COMPANY, INC., Appellee

                                        On Appeal from the 14th Judicial District Court

                                                             Dallas County, Texas

                                                          Trial Court No. 09-14857

                                          Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ.

                                        Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Morriss

                                                      MEMORANDUM OPINION

            Appellant, William F. Callejo, Trustee, and appellee, Republic Property Company, Inc., have filed with this Court a joint motion to vacate the trial court’s final judgment and remand the case to the trial court.^[1]  The parties represent to this Court that they have reached a full and final settlement. In such a case, no real controversy exists, and in the absence of a controversy, the appeal is moot.

            The parties have also requested that we issue our mandate immediately.  See Tex. R. App. P. 18.1(c).

            We grant the motion.  We set aside, without regard to the merits, the judgment of the trial court and remand the case to the trial court for rendition of judgment in accordance with the agreement.  See Tex. R. App. P. 42.1(a)(2)(B).  Our mandate shall issue immediately.

                                                                                                Josh R. Morriss, III

                                                                                                Chief Justice

Date Submitted:          November 1, 2011

Date Decided:             November 2, 2011

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^[1]Originally appealed to the Twelfth Court of Appeals, this case was transferred to this Court by the Texas Supreme Court pursuant to its docket equalization efforts.  See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 73.001 (West 2005). We are unaware of any conflict between precedent of the Twelfth Court of Appeals and that of this Court on any relevant issue.  See Tex. R. App. P. 41.3.