Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-08-19 17:10:42.733935+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:04:35.493507
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NUMBER 13-23-00129-CV

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG

D’ANN HARPER REALTY, INC.
AND LEESA RISPOLI,                                                         Appellants,

                                           v.

LEE SWEARINGEN AND
THE RON BROWN COMPANY,                                                      Appellees.

                   On appeal from the 135th District Court
                         of Victoria County, Texas.

                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Silva and Peña
          Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Contreras

      This is an accelerated appeal of an order denying a motion to compel arbitration.

We previous ordered a stay of all trial court proceedings by order dated April 3, 2023. On

April 19, 2023, we lifted the stay in part. The parties have now filed a “Joint Notice of

Settlement and Motion to Dismiss” representing that they “have reached an agreement
to settle all claims in the underlying action.” They request this Court to dismiss the appeal

and to tax costs against the party incurring same.

       Upon review of the parties’ motion to dismiss, we find that it is meritorious and

should be granted. Accordingly, the motion to dismiss is granted, the stay of trial court

proceedings is lifted in its entirety, and the appeal is hereby dismissed. In accordance

with the parties’ agreement, costs are taxed against the party incurring same. See TEX.

R. APP. P. 42.1(a)(2)(A), (d). Having dismissed the appeal at the parties’ request, no

motion for rehearing will be entertained.

                                                                DORI CONTRERAS
                                                                Chief Justice

Delivered and filed on the
17th day of August, 2023.

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