Court Opinion

ID: 9776536
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 19:38:46.169799+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:32:39.541928
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KINKEADE, Justice,
concurring.
I approve of the majority’s opinion with one exception. I would decline to follow Chapman Air Conditioning, Inc. v. Franks, 732 S.W.2d 737, 742 (Tex.App.—Dallas 1987, no writ), and would hold that this Court may entertain Fritz’s cross-points pursuant to Hernandez v. City of Fort Worth, 617 S.W.2d 923 (Tex.1981) (per curiam); Dallas Electric Supply Co. v. Branum Co., 143 Tex. 366, 185 S.W.2d 427 (1945); and rule 40(a)(4) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. See TEX.R.CIV.P. 353 General Commentary — 1966 (Vernon 1985) (repealed predecessor of rule 40(a)(4) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure); but see Agricultural Warehouse, Inc. v. Uvalle, 759 S.W.2d 691, 696 (Tex.—Dallas 1988, writ pending) (Kinkeade, J.); Essex Crane Rental v. Striland Constr. Co., 753 S.W.2d 751, 758 (Tex.App.—Dallas 1988, writ denied); Ragsdale v. Progressive Voters League, 743 S.W.2d 338, 843-44 (Tex.App.—Dallas 1987, no writ). The record does not show that Port Distributing Corporation served a notice of limitation of appeal upon Fritz, as required by rule 40(a)(4). TEX.R.APP.P. 40(a)(4). Where there is no notice, the entire judgment is before this Court. Hernandez, 617 S.W.2d at 924; Dallas Electric Supply Co., 185 S.W.2d at 430. Fritz may use cross-points to bring forward complaints of some action or ruling of the trial court that Fritz contends constituted error as to it. Hernandez, 617 S.W.2d at 924; see Dallas Electric Supply Co., 185 S.W.2d at 429-30.
However, Fritz’s brief fails to indicate where in the record it presented its complaints to the trial court. Even where an appellee is entitled to bring a cross-point, it must allow the trial court an opportunity to correct any errors by filing exceptions to the judgment, a notice of appeal, or a motion for new trial. City of Dallas v. Moreau, 718 S.W.2d 776, 782 (Tex.App.— Corpus Christi 1986, writ ref’d n.r.e.); TEX.R. APP.P. 52(a). I would hold that Fritz has waived the errors, if any.