Court Opinion

ID: 9768345
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 05:57:01.710832+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:30:39.638797
License: Public Domain

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
We have carefully examined the issues and arguments presented by the U.I.L. in its motion for rehearing, but we are not persuaded that our decision is erroneous. We have found nothing in the Constitution or statutes of this state or the record before us that would permit us to conclude that the U.I.L. is excused by law from filing an appeal bond. One matter requires clarification, however.
The U.I.L. has asked, us to remand the case to the trial court for further development of the record on the appeal bond question. Because we do not have jurisdiction, we can only dismiss the case. Reynolds, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure 385 and 386: Whether to Extend the Definitive Time for Filing the Appellate Record, 4 Tex.Tech L.Rev. 1, 21 (1972). When a court concludes that it does not have jurisdiction, that necessarily means the case is not within that class of cases over which the court is empowered by law to act. Thus, if a court takes any action other than dismissal, it is taking action in a case where it does not have the power to act. Dews v. Floyd, 413 S.W.2d 800, 805 (Tex.Civ.App.—Tyler 1967, no writ). For those reasons, we cannot remand this case to the trial court.
The motion for rehearing is overruled.