Court Opinion

ID: 9683008
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 13:20:45.821859+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:43.959901
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BAKER, Justice,
dissenting.
The court of appeals reached the decision required by applying the plain and unambiguous language of Rule 41(a)(2). See Tex. R.App. P. 41(a)(1) and (2); Davies v. Massey, 561 S.W.2d 799, 801 (Tex.1978); Glidden Co. v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 155 Tex. 591, 291 S.W.2d 315, 318 (1956); see also Miller v. Miller, 848 S.W.2d 344, 345 (Tex.App. —Texarkana 1993, no writ); El Paso Sharky’s Billiard Parlor, Inc. v. Amparan, 831 S.W.2d 3, 5 (Tex.App.—El Paso 1992, writ denied).
The Court’s opinion dispenses with Rule 41(a)(2)’s requirements, and amends the rule by judicial fiat. The Court’s opinion is contrary to its own precedent. See State Dept. of Highways & Public Transportation v. Payne, 838 S.W.2d 235, 241 (Tex.1992)( “[W]e do not revise our rules by opinion.”); Alvarado v. Farah Mfg. Co., 830 S.W.2d 911, 915 (Tex.1992)(same). I would deny the writ1. Because the Court decides otherwise, I dissent.

. I also dissent to Verburgt’s companion cases. See Boyd v. American Indem. Co., 958 S.W.2d 379 (Tex.1997); Harlan v. Howe State Bank, 958 S.W.2d 380 (Tex.1997); Holmes v. Home State County Ins., 958 S.W.2d 381 (Tex.1997).