Yvonne Rudd v. Juan Manuel Ortiz ( 2015 )

NUMBER 13-15-00025-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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YVONNE RUDD, Appellant,
v.
JUAN MANUEL ORTIZ, Appellee.
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On Appeal from the 92nd District Court
of Hidalgo County, Texas.
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Rodriguez and Garza
Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam
Appellant, Yvonne Rudd, attempted to perfect an appeal from an order entered by
the 92nd District Court of Hidalgo, County, Texas, in cause no. F-2917-09-A. Upon
review of the documents before the Court, it appeared that there was no final, appealable
judgment dated November 25, 2014. On January 13, 2015, the Clerk of this Court
notified appellant of this defect so that steps could be taken to correct the defect, if it could
be done. See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.1, 42.3. Appellant was advised that, if the defect was
not corrected within ten days from the date of receipt of the notice, the appeal would be
dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Appellant failed to respond to the Court’s notice.
The Hidalgo County Clerk’s Office has informed this Court that no judgment was
entered on November 25, 2014. In terms of appellate jurisdiction, appellate courts only
have jurisdiction to review final judgments and certain interlocutory orders identified by
statute. Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001).
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, the appeal is DISMISSED FOR WANT OF
JURISDICTION. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a),(c).
PER CURIAM
Delivered and filed the
5th day of March, 2015.
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