Chapawu Properties and Richard Gonzales v. Wade Bass, Jerri Bass, Jene Bass, Nicholas Hugon ( 2023 )

COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
CHAPAWU PROPERTIES AND RICHARD § No. 08-23-00199-CV
GONZALES,
§ Appeal from the
Appellants,
§ 407th Judicial District Court
v.
§ of Bexar County, Texas
WADE BASS, JERRI BASS, JENE BASS,
NICHOLAS HUGON, § (TC# 2022-CI-11954)
Appellees. §
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This appeal is before the Court on its own motion to determine whether it should be
dismissed. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3 (providing for involuntary dismissal of civil cases under certain
circumstances). 1
On July 20, 2023, the Clerk of this Court sent Appellants a letter reminding them they had
not paid the filing fee in this case and indicating that they had 20 days from the date of the notice
to either pay the filing fee or notify the Court in writing of a basis for being legally excused from
paying costs, otherwise their case may be dismissed pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure
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This case was transferred from the Fourth Court of Appeals pursuant to a docket equalization order issued by the
Supreme Court of Texas. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 73.001. We follow the precedent of the Fourth Court of
Appeals to the extent it might conflict with our own. See TEX. R. APP. P. 41.3.
42.3(b) and (c). See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(b), (c) (providing for dismissal for want of prosecution
following ten days’ notice and for appellant’s failure to comply with a requirement within a
specified time, respectively).
To date, Appellants have not paid the filing fee or notified the Court in writing of its legal
excuse for nonpayment. Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal.
LISA J. SOTO, Justice
August 15, 2023
Before Rodriguez, C.J., Palafox, and Soto, JJ.
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