DocketNumber： 06-11-00132-CV
Filed Date： 2/17/2012
Status： Precedential
Modified Date： 10/16/2015
In The Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana ______________________________ No. 06-11-00132-CV ______________________________ CALVIN MONASCO, Appellant V. GILMER BOATING AND FISHING CLUB, Appellee On Appeal from the 115th Judicial District Court Upshur County, Texas Trial Court No. 748-07 Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ. Memorandum Opinion by Justice Carter MEMORANDUM OPINION Calvin Monasco has filed a notice of appeal against a judgment of contempt entered against him by the 115th Judicial District Court of Upshur County. Generally, only final decisions of trial courts are appealable. Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp.,39 S.W.3d 191
, 195 (Tex. 2001); Hinde v. Hinde,701 S.W.2d 637
, 639 (Tex. 1985); N.E. Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Aldridge,400 S.W.2d 893
, 895 (Tex. 1966); see TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 51.012 (West Supp. 2011) (final judgment of district and county courts). The Legislature has also authorized the appeal of a number of interlocutory orders, not including orders of contempt. See, e.g., TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 51.014 (West Supp. 2011). An order holding a person in contempt is not one from which an appeal may be brought. Ex parte Cardwell,416 S.W.2d 382
, 384 (Tex. 1967); Pandozy v. Beaty,254 S.W.3d 613
, 616 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2008, no pet.) (citing Ex parte Williams,690 S.W.2d 243
(Tex. 1985)). Relief is available only through application for a writ of habeas corpus. Grimes v. Grimes,706 S.W.2d 340
, 343 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 1986, writ dism’d) (citing Wagner v. Warnasch,259 S.W.2d 890
, 893 (Tex. 1956)). We, therefore, may not accept jurisdiction over this appeal. We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. Jack Carter Justice 2 Date Submitted: February 16, 2012 Date Decided: February 17, 2012 3