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## COURT OF A PP EA LS T H I R T E E N T H D I S T R I C T O F T E X AS CORPUS CHRI ST I - E DI NBURG

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ IRM A AG UER O, ETAL ., APPEL LAN TS , v . AM ER IC AN & E F IR D , I N C ., ETA L. , AP PE LL EE S.

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## ME MOR A N D U M OP I N I ON B ef or e C hi ef

Just i ce Val dez and Just i ces Ben av i des and V el a M em or andu m O pi ni on P erC ur i am Appel lan ts, Ir ma A g uero, etal ., attempt ed to per fect an appeal from an order entered by

the 389th Di str ic t C our

t of H ida lg o C ounty , Tex as, i n c ause number C -1 691- 03- H. The O rd er

Granti ng D efendant’ s 0 9/21/ 07 M oti o n t o Dis mis s C ertai n Pl ain ti ffs a nd Pl ain ti f f -I nter v enors for

fail ur e to Answ er

D efendants’ M ast er

Int er ro g ator ies w as si g ned
on Febr uar

y 19, 2008. Appel lan ts filed a moti on for Cou rt to Rec onsi der Orderof2

Di smi ss al or , i n the Al ter nati v e, Mo ti on to Rei nst ate or Mo ti on for New Tri al on M ar ch 26, 2008. Appel lan ts’ moti on for new tr ial w as not fil ed w it hin thi rty d ay s a fter F ebr uar

y 19, 2008. See T EX
. R. C IV
. P. 3 29b( a)

. Pursuantto Tex as Rul e of Appel lat e Procedu re 26.1, appel lan ts’ noti ce of appeal
w as due on Ma rc h 20, 2008, but w as not fil ed unt il M ay 9, 2008. A mot ion for e xtens ion of time is nec ess ar il y

i mpli ed w hen an appel lant, a cti ng i n g ood fait h, fil es a not ic e of appeal bey ond the ti me all ow ed by ru le 26.1, but w it hin the fifteen-da y grac e pe riod prov ide d by Rul e 26.3 for fili ng a mot ion for e xtens ion of ti me. See Verb ur gt v. D or ner , 959 S.W .2d 615 , 617 -18, 61 9 (199 7) (construing the prede cessor t o R u le 2 6). How ever, appel lan t mus t prov ide a reason abl e ex pla nati on for the l ate fil ing : iti s n o t enoug h to
s i mp l y fi l e a n o t i c e o f a p p e al. Id. ; W oodar d v . H iggins , 1 4 0 S

. W

. 3 d 4 6 2 , 4 6 2 (T e x. App.–A mari ll o 2004, no p et.) ; In r e B. G. , 104 S.W .3d 5 65, 5 67 ( Tex . Ap p.–W aco 2002, no pet .). On J une 10, 2008, the Cler k o f this C our t not ified appel lan ts of this defect so that ste ps coul d be tak en to co rrectthe defect, if i t coul d be done. Appel lan ts w er e adv is ed th at, if the de fect w as no t corrected within t en days from the da te of receipt of

this Court’s letter, the a ppeal w oul d be dis mis sed. To dat e, no r espon se has been re cei v ed from appel lan ts providing a reaso nab le explanat ion for the lat e f iling of the no tice of

app eal. The Court, ha v ing ex am ined and f ully conside red the docu me nts on f ile, app ellant ’s fa ilu re to time ly

perfect th eir appe al, an d ap pellan ts’ failure to resp ond to this Court’s noti ce, is of t he opi nio n that the appeal shoul d be dis mis sed for w ant of j ur is dic ti on. Acc ordin g ly , the appeal is her eby DI SM ISSE D FO R W AN T OF JU RI SD IC TION

. See T EX
. R. A PP
. P. 42 .3(a)(c).3 PERC UR IAM

Me moran dum Opi nio n del iv er ed and fil ed th is the 21stday of Aug ust , 200 8.