No. 03-13-00590-CV

In the Court of Appeals for the Third Court of Appeals District of Texas Sitting at Austin, Texas

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Lance Richards and all other occupants of 12306 Bainbridge Lane, Austin, TX 78750, Appellant

vs.

US Bank National Association, as Trustee for Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Home Equity Asset Trust 2003-7, Home Equity Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-7, Appellee

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Appealed from the County Court at Law No. 4 of Williamson County, Texas The Honorable John McMaster, Presiding

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MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION

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TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:

Appellant, Lance Richards, respectfully submits this Motion for Rehearing under

Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 49.1 and any other applicable law.

I.

On the 11 th day of February, 2015, this Court’s panel upheld the judgment of

M OTION FOR R EHEARING ACCEPTED 03-13-00590-CV 4501493 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS 3/13/2015 11:40:39 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE

CLERKt h e t ri al co u rt i n a m e m or a ndum o p i n i o n s i g n ed o n b eh al f o f t h e Co u rt b y Ch ief J u s t i ce

Ro s e (t h e “ Op in i o n ”).

II.

Th i s Co u rt erred i n o v erru l i n g Ap p el l an t’ s Po i n t s o f Erro r, b ecau s e at n ei t h er

t h e tri al co u rt l ev el n o r t he co u n t y co u rt at l aw d i d Ap p el l ee’ s p l ead i n g s pro v i d e fo r

a n y a w a r d o f a t t o r n e y ’ s f e e s

. F u r t h e r , th e A p p e l l e e ’ s N o t i c e t o V a c a

t e 1 i s o n l y a t

h r e e

- d a y

n o t i ce, wh i ch b y t h e t erm s of t h e ap p l i cab l e s tat u t e can n o t s u p p ort a cl ai m fo r at t o rn ey

f e e s–not a t tr i al
, an d not pr o spe c tive ly o n a p pe a l, w he the r or not the r e m ight be c onduc t

co n st ru ed as t ri al b y

co n s en t :

Sec. 2 4.0 0 6

. ATTORNEY'S FEES AND COSTS OF SUIT. (a) Ex cep t

as p ro v i ded b y Su b s ect i o n (b ), t o b e e l i g i b l e t o reco v er at t o rn ey 's fees i n a n e v i c t i o n s u i t , a l a

n d l o r d m u s t g i v e a t e n a

n t w h o i s un l a w f u l l y r e t a i n i n g p o s s e s s io n o f t h e l an d l ord 's p rem i s es a wri tt en dem an d t o v acat e th e p rem i s es

. Th e d em an d m u s t s t at e t h at i f t h e t en an t do es n o t vacat e th e p rem i s es befo re t h e 1 1 t h d ay aft er t h e dat e o f recei pt o f t h e n o ti ce an d i f t h e l an d l o rd fi l es s ui t , t h e l an d l o rd m ay reco v er at t orn ey 's fees . Th e d em an d m

u st be se nt by r e giste r e d m a il or by c e r ti fi ed m ai l, ret u rn recei p t req u es t ed
, at l eas t 1 0 d ay s b efo re t h e d at e t h e s ui t i s fi led

.

T h e r e c o r d d o e s n o t c o n

t a i n p r o o f o f a n o t i c e s u f

f i c i e n t t o s a t i s f y t h e p l a i n l a n g u a g e

o f t h e s t at u t e. Th erefo re, t h e award o f p ro s p ect i ve at t o rn ey ’ s fees sh o u l d b e rev ers ed

.

As th i s Co u rt n o t ed
, Ap p el l an t ’ s co u n s el d i d i n fact o b ject t o t h e award at t ri al
, t h o u g h

1 Inter alia, County

Clerk’s Official Record, pag e 61.

M OT I O N F OR R E HE A RI N G 2n o t wi th g reat el ab o rat i o n

.

Co ncl us i o n

Reh eari n g o f t h i s cas e, b y t h e p an el o r en b an c, an d v acat i n g o f t h e Feb ru ary

1 1
, 2 0 1 5 m em o ran d u m o p i n i o n an d ju dg m en t , wo u l d b e co ns i s t en t wi t h th e ap p aren t

p u rp o se of the a

pplic a ble sta tute in the P r opert y Co d e an d t h e ci v i l ru l es an d an y h erei n

ci t ed o r bri efi n g -ci t ed ru l i ng s o f Tex as co u rt s

. In t h e in t eres t o f ju s t ice in t h i s m at t er,
Ap p el l an t as k s t hat t he Co u rt g ran t t h i s m o t i o n fo r reh eari n g

.

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,

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M OT I O N F OR R E HE A RI N G 3Certi fi ca te o f Co m pl i a nce fo r T.R.A.P. 9

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