National Judgment Recovery Center, L.P. as Assignee of Unifund CCR Partners v. Norvis J. Harris

Dismissed and Opinion Filed January 30, 2018
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Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-17-01376-CV
NATIONAL JUDGMENT RECOVERY CENTER, L.P.
AS ASSIGNEE OF UNIFUND CCR PARTNERS, Appellant
V.
NORVIS J. HARRIS, Appellee
On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 5
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. CC-06-13558-E
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Lang, Brown, and Whitehill
Opinion by Justice Whitehill
In its notice of appeal, appellant states it is appealing the trial court’s “August 31, 2017
denial of its Application for Writ of Scire Facias.” By letter dated December 28, 2017, the Court
questioned its jurisdiction over this appeal as the clerk’s record did not contain a signed order on
the application for writ of scire facias. We instructed appellant to file, by January 9, 2018, a letter
brief addressing our concern and cautioned that failure to do so may result in dismissal of the
appeal without further notice. As of today’s date, appellant has not filed a response.
Generally, this Court has jurisdiction only over appeals from final judgments and certain
interlocutory orders as permitted by statute. See Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191,
195 (Tex. 2001). A final judgment is one that disposes of all pending parties and claims. Id.Appellate timetables run from the date the appealable order or judgment is signed. See TEX. R.
APP. P. 26.1.
The record before this Court does not contain a final judgment or other appealable order.
Without a judgment or other appealable order, there is nothing for this Court to review.
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a).
/Bill Whitehill/
BILL WHITEHILL
JUSTICE
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Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
JUDGMENT
NATIONAL JUDGMENT RECOVERY On Appeal from the County Court at Law
CENTER, L.P. AS ASSIGNEE OF No. 5, Dallas County, Texas
UNIFUND CCR PARTNERS, Appellant Trial Court Cause No. CC-06-13558-E.
Opinion delivered by Justice Whitehill.
No. 05-17-01376-CV V. Justices Lang and Brown participating.
NORVIS J. HARRIS, Appellee
In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, the appeal is DISMISSED.
It is ORDERED that appellee NORVIS J. HARRIS recover his costs of this appeal from
appellant NATIONAL JUDGMENT RECOVERY CENTER, L.P. AS ASSIGNEE OF
UNIFUND CCR PARTNERS.
Judgment entered January 30, 2018.
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