Court Opinion

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Order filed December 15, 2015

                                      In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals
                                   ____________

                              NO. 14-15-00915-CV
                                   ____________

 DAVID PIWONKA IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS TAX ASSESSOR-
     COLLECTOR FOR CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD AND CYPRESS-
       FAIRBANKS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellant

                                        V.

         SPX CORPORATION, DOING BUSINESS AS SPX FLOW
                      TECHNOLOGY, Appellee

                    On Appeal from the 80th District Court
                            Harris County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. 2015-08078

                                   ORDER

      This is an appeal from a judgment signed October 1, 2015. The notice of
appeal was due October 21, 2015. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1. Appellant, however,
filed his notice of appeal on October 22, 2015, a date within 15 days of the due
date for the notice of appeal. A motion for extension of time is necessarily implied
when the perfecting instrument is filed within 15 days of its due date. Verburgt v.
Dorner, 959 S.W.2d 615, 617 (Tex. 1997). Appellant did not file a motion to
extend time to file the notice of appeal. While an extension may be implied,
appellant is still obligated to come forward with a reasonable explanation to
support the late filing. See Miller v. Greenpark Surgery Center Assocs., Ltd., 974
S.W.2d 805, 808 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1998, no pet.).
      Accordingly, we ORDER appellant to file a proper motion to extend time to
file the notice of appeal on or before 10 days after the date of this order. See Tex.
R. App. P. 26.3;10.5(b). If appellant does not comply with this order, we will
dismiss the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3.

                                                PER CURIAM