Opinion ID: 2831376
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Heading: jurisdiction

Text: Because this is an interlocutory appeal, we begin with the issue of our own jurisdiction. As a general rule, appeals may be taken only from final judgments. Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001). Exceptions to this general rule are provided by statutes that specifically authorize interlocutory appeals of particular orders. See, e.g., TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE § 51.014 (listing a number of interlocutory orders that may be appealed). Another general rule 2 provides for finality of these appeals in the courts of appeals. TEX. GOV’T CODE § 22.225(b)(3) (providing generally that petition for review is not allowed to the supreme court in an interlocutory appeal). But again, exceptions exist. One such exception provides that the supreme court is not