NO. 07-08 -027 9-CV IN THE CO UR T OF APPEA LS FO R THE S EVEN TH D ISTRI CT O F TEXAS

AT AM AR ILLO PAN EL B JAN UA RY

12, 2009

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___ T EXA S MU T UA L INS URA NCE COM PA NY, Appel lan t

V. GOET Z INSURORS, INC. AND GOETZ IN SU RO RS , I NC ., AS A SSIG NE E OF THE CLA IM S OF C ATTLECO, IN C. , Appel lee s

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___ FRO M T HE 64 th DIS T RI CT COU RT OF S W IS HE R CO UNT Y; NO. A-108 10-0 5-11 ; HON. ROBERT W . KINKAI D, JR., PRESIDING

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____ ON ABA TEMENT AND REMAN D

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____ Bef ore QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and HANCOCK, JJ. Appel lan t Tex as Mu tual Ins ur ance Compan y appeal s fr om the final j udg ment of the tr ial court

. On Aug ust11, 2008, the c ler k’ s record w as filed

. The r epor ter ’s r ecord w as due on Oc tober

15, 2008. N o extens ion moti on or re por ter ’s re cord w as filed

. On O cto ber 22, 2008, thi s cour

t dir ect ed the courtr epor ter by l etter “ to ad v is e the C our

t of the sta tus of the
re por ter ’s r ecord on or

before Nov ember

3, 2008." In resp o n se , the Cour t r ecei v ed a2

moti on for ex tens ion of ti me to file the record, w hic h w as g ra nted to N ov ember 14, 2008. No ext en s i on mo ti on or r ec ord w as fi l ed by th at da te

. On D ec em be r 1, 20 08 , th e Court ag ain noti fied th e r epor ter that the re cord had not been filed and the re por ter w as ask ed to prov ide the sta tus of the record by D ecember

10, 2008. On Dec ember 10, 2008, the
re por ter filed her sec ond ex tens ion moti on re q uest ing unti l Janua ry 12, 2009, to f ile the record, which w as granted . On Janu ary5, 200 9, this Court received t he co urt repo rter’s thi rd extens ion req uestas ki ng for a n addi ti onal thi rt y day s t o fil e the r ecord. Accordin gly , w e ab ate this app eal and rem and the cause to the 64t h District C ourt of Sw isher Coun ty (trial court) f or f urthe r pro ceed ings. Upon rem and , the trial court shall immedi atel y

ca use noti ce of a hear ing to be g iv en and, there a fter , c onduc t a hear ing to deter mine:
w hen t he r epor ter ’s r ecord c an r eason abl y be t ra nsc ri bed i nto w ri tten form and filed in a manner thatdoes not further

del ay the p ro se cut ion of thi s a ppeal or hav e the pr act ic al eff ectof dep riv ing the app ellant of their rig ht to app eal.
The tr ial cour

t s hal l caus e the hear ing to be transc ri bed. So too s hal l it1) ex ecut e findi ng s o f f actand conc lus ion s o f law addr ess in g the foreg oin g i ss ues, 2) ca use to be dev elo ped a suppl emental cl er k’ s record c ontai nin g i ts findi ng s o f f actand conc lus ion s o f law and all or ders it may is sue as a re sul t of i ts hear ing i n thi s mat ter , and 3) ca use to be dev elo ped a re por

ter ’s r ecord transc ri bin g the ev ide nce and arg uments prese nted at t he aforementi oned he ar ing , i f any

. Addi ti onal ly , t he di st ric t c our t s hal l then file the supp lem ent al clerk’s and repo rter’s records transcribing the he aring w ith the clerk of this
cour t on or bef or e F ebr uar

y 11, 2009. Shoul d furt her ti me be ne eded by

the tr ial co urt t o per form thes e tas ks , t hen s ame mustbe req uest ed befor e F ebr uar y 11, 2009.3

It is so or der ed. Per C ur iam

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