Case Name: Clifford SCHEIN d/b/a J & B Cash Express, Appellant, v. AMERICAN RESTAURANT GROUP, INC., Appellee
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1990-07-10
Citations: 794 S.W.2d 78
Docket Number: No. 2-89-237-CV
Parties: Clifford SCHEIN d/b/a J & B Cash Express, Appellant, v. AMERICAN RESTAURANT GROUP, INC., Appellee.
Judges: Before FARRIS and DAY, JJ., and CLYDE R. ASHWORTH (Retired) Sitting by Assignment.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 794
Pages: 78–78

Head Matter:
Clifford SCHEIN d/b/a J & B Cash Express, Appellant, v. AMERICAN RESTAURANT GROUP, INC., Appellee.
No. 2-89-237-CV.
Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.
July 10, 1990.
Rehearing Denied Sept. 4, 1990.
Shawn M. Frazin, Dallas, for appellant.
Stagner & Stagner, and Cynthia L. Stag-ner, Sherman, for appellee.
Before FARRIS and DAY, JJ., and CLYDE R. ASHWORTH (Retired) Sitting by Assignment.

Opinion:
OPINION
FARRIS, Justice.
Clifford Schein d/b/a J & B Cash Express (Cash Express) sued American Restaurant Group, Inc. (American) alleging holder in due course status on a check issued to one of American's former employees. After the trial court sanctioned Cash Express for discovery abuse, Cash Express nonsuited its case, and now appeals the sanction order.
We hold that a plaintiff who has taken a non-suit cannot complain on appeal of any sanctions granted by the trial court before the non-suit. See Cornish v. Houston Terminal Land Co., 257 S.W. 575, 578 (Tex.Civ.App.—Galveston 1923, no writ); Levinski v. Williamson, 15 Tex.Civ.App. 67, 38 S.W. 376 (1896, no writ); TEX.R. CIV.P. 162.
Accordingly, we hold that Cash Express is not entitled to be heard in this court upon the points of error it urges concerning the sanction order, and we dismiss this appeal.