Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-03-01 07:07:33.926704+00
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DISMISS and Opinion Filed February 23, 2023

                                     S  In The
                             Court of Appeals
                      Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                                 No. 05-22-01211-CV

  PACK PROPERTIES XIV, LLC AND T&T REALTY CORP., Appellants

                                           V.

                    REMINGTON PROSPER, LLC, Appellee

                On Appeal from the 471st Judicial District Court
                             Collin County, Texas
                    Trial Court Cause No. 471-04301-2021

                        MEMORANDUM OPINION
      Before Chief Justice Burns, Justice Pedersen, III, and Justice Goldstein
                         Opinion by Chief Justice Burns
      We questioned our jurisdiction over this appeal from three summary judgment

orders as the orders did not, individually or in combination, appear to dispose of all

claims and parties. See Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001)

(generally, appeal may only be taken from final judgment that disposes of all parties

and claims). At our request, the parties filed jurisdictional letter briefs.
        After appellants’ letter brief was filed,1 the trial judge signed an order that

clarified that parties and claims remain pending. Accordingly, because claims

remain pending, we lack jurisdiction and dismiss the appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P.

42.3(a); Lehmann, 39 S.W.3d at 195.

                                                           /Robert D. Burns, III/
                                                           ROBERT D. BURNS, III
                                                           CHIEF JUSTICE
221211F.P05

    1
       In their letter brief, appellants argued that, based on a “306a letter” that the district clerk had sent them
following the signing of the summary judgment orders and that informed them that “an appealable order or
other final order disposing of the case” had been signed, it appeared the trial court intended the summary
judgment orders to be final. See TEX. R. CIV. P. 306a(3) (requiring court clerk to immediately give parties
notice when final judgment or other appealable order is signed); see also Lehmann, 39 S.W.3d at 205 (when
no conventional trial on the merits has occurred, order or judgment is final and appealable if it clearly shows
trial court intended to completely dispose of entire case). Appellants requested that, in the event we were
uncertain, we abate the appeal for the trial court to clarify its intent. See id. at 206.
    Appellee informed the Court in its letter brief of the clarifying order.
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                                  S
                           Court of Appeals
                    Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                                 JUDGMENT

PACK PROPERTIES XIV, LLC                    On Appeal from the 471st Judicial
AND T&T REALTY CORP.,                       District Court, Collin County, Texas
Appellants                                  Trial Court Cause No. 471-04301-
                                            2021.
No. 05-22-01211-CV         V.               Opinion delivered by Chief Justice
                                            Burns, Justices Pedersen, III and
REMINGTON PROSPER, LLC,                     Goldstein participating.
Appellee

      In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, we DISMISS the appeal.

       We ORDER that appellee Remington Prosper, LLC recover its costs, if any,
of this appeal from appellants Pack Properties XIV, LLC and T&T Realty Corp.

Judgment entered February 23, 2023.

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