Court Opinion

ID: 9556416
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-17 07:11:08.14574+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:17:54.935939
License: Public Domain

COURT OF APPEALS
                                    EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
                                         EL PASO, TEXAS

    CHAPAWU PROPERTIES AND RICHARD §                                        No. 08-23-00199-CV
    GONZALES,
                                      §                                        Appeal from the
                         Appellants,
                                      §                                 407th Judicial District Court
    v.
                                      §                                   of Bexar County, Texas
    WADE BASS, JERRI BASS, JENE BASS,
    NICHOLAS HUGON,                   §                                    (TC# 2022-CI-11954)

                                    Appellees.           §

                                      MEMORANDUM OPINION

        This appeal is before the Court on its own motion to determine whether it should be

dismissed. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3 (providing for involuntary dismissal of civil cases under certain

circumstances). 1

        On July 20, 2023, the Clerk of this Court sent Appellants a letter reminding them they had

not paid the filing fee in this case and indicating that they had 20 days from the date of the notice

to either pay the filing fee or notify the Court in writing of a basis for being legally excused from

paying costs, otherwise their case may be dismissed pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure

1
 This case was transferred from the Fourth Court of Appeals pursuant to a docket equalization order issued by the
Supreme Court of Texas. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 73.001. We follow the precedent of the Fourth Court of
Appeals to the extent it might conflict with our own. See TEX. R. APP. P. 41.3.
42.3(b) and (c). See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(b), (c) (providing for dismissal for want of prosecution

following ten days’ notice and for appellant’s failure to comply with a requirement within a

specified time, respectively).

       To date, Appellants have not paid the filing fee or notified the Court in writing of its legal

excuse for nonpayment. Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal.

                                              LISA J. SOTO, Justice

August 15, 2023

Before Rodriguez, C.J., Palafox, and Soto, JJ.

                                                 2