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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

                                        NO. 03-06-00012-CV

                                    Bank One, N.A., Appellant

                                                  v.

                                  J.D.C. Recovery, Inc., Appellee

               FROM THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 2 OF TRAVIS COUNTY
              NO. 276,191, HONORABLE ORLINDA NARANJO, JUDGE PRESIDING

                             MEMORANDUM OPINION

                 Appellee J.D.C. Recovery, Inc. (J.D.C.) owned a judgment taken against James

Jolivet, who had deposited funds in a Bank One, Texas, N.A. (Bank One Texas) account. J.D.C.

filed a garnishment action against Bank One Texas to collect those funds, and obtained a default

judgment on March 5, 2004. On April 15, 2004, counsel for appellant Bank One, N.A. (Bank One)1

faxed a first amended motion for new trial to counsel for J.D.C., stating that Bank One’s counsel

received late notice of the judgment. The county court at law signed an order granting Bank One’s

motion for new trial on June 30, 2004. J.D.C. filed a petition for mandamus in this Court, which

conditionally granted the writ on April 29, 2005, directing the trial court to vacate its order granting

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            Bank One Texas merged into Bank One in February 2001.
the motion for new trial because it was signed after the trial court’s plenary power had expired. In

re J.D.C. Recovery, No. 03-05-00198-CV (Tex. App.—Austin Apr. 29, 2005, no pet.) (mem. op.).

The trial court complied. A writ of execution issued on September 27, 2005, and was served on

Bank One on September 30, 2005. The execution recovered $88,091.96, which was paid into the

registry of the county court at law. Bank One filed a motion to stay the writ of execution, and J.D.C.

filed a motion for distribution of funds. On October 28, 2005, after a hearing, the trial court granted

J.D.C.’s motion for distribution of funds, impliedly denying Bank One’s motion to stay execution.

               Bank One appeals the order distributing funds to J.D.C. and impliedly denying Bank

One’s motion to stay execution, arguing that the writ could not properly be served on Bank One

because the default judgment was taken against Bank One Texas. Before resolving this complaint,

we address J.D.C.’s assertion that this Court lacks jurisdiction to hear the appeal. We agree and

dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

               Appellate courts may only review final judgments or interlocutory orders specifically

made appealable by statute. Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001); see Tex.

Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014 (West Supp. 2006) (listing appealable interlocutory orders).

This order in aid of the judgment is neither. Writs of execution and orders incident to writs of

execution are not reviewable by appeal. Schultz v. Fifth Judicial Dist. Court of Appeals, 810 S.W.2d
738, 740 (Tex. 1991); Qualia v. Qualia, 37 S.W.3d 128, 129 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2001, no

pet.); see Dawson v. Dawson, 140 S.W. 513, 514 (Tex. Civ. App.—El Paso 1911, no writ) (holding

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that an order denying a motion to quash an execution is not appealable). We dismiss the appeal for

want of jurisdiction.

                                                    _____________________________________

                                                    Bea Ann Smith, Justice

Before Justices B. A. Smith, Puryear and Waldrop

Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction

Filed: September 22, 2006

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