Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2016-09-28 22:16:02.98372+00
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                                                                                                                                                                    12-15-00004-CV
                                                                                                                                                        TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS
                                                                                                                                                                     TYLER, TEXAS
                                                                                                                                                               1/23/2015 4:02:34 PM
 Appellate Docket Number:                                                                                                                                              CATHY LUSK
                                                                                                                                                                             CLERK
 Appellate Case Style:

                          Vs.

 Companion Case No.:                                                                                                                        FILED IN
                                                                                                                                     12th COURT OF APPEALS
                                                                                                                                          TYLER, TEXAS
                                                                                                                                     1/23/2015 4:02:34 PM
                                                                                                                                          CATHY S. LUSK
 Amended/corrected statement:                              DOCKETING STATEMENT (Civil)                                                        Clerk
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                                              (to be filed in the court of appeals upon perfection of appeal under TRAP 32)

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Agreed? (See TRAP 28.2):                                DYes       ISJ No

                                                                                                         DYes        ISJ No

Does this case involve an amount under $100,000?                    ISJ Yes     DNo
Judgment or order disposes of all patties and issues:               ISJ Yes     DNo
Appeal from final judgment:                                         ISJ Yes     D No
Does the appeal involve the constitutionality or the validity of a statute, rule, or ordinance?                        ISJ   Yes DNo

          for New Trial:                    DYes
Motion to ModifY Judgment:                  DYes       ISJ No                 If yes, date filed:
Request for Findings ofF act                DYes       ISJ No                 If yes, date filed:
and Conclusions of Law:
Motion to Reinstate:                        DYes       ISJ No                 If yes, date filed:

Motion under TRCP 306a:
                                            DYes       ISJ No                If yes, date filed:

Other:                                      DYes       ISJ No

Affidavit filed in trial court:           DYes DNo

Contest filed in trial court:             DYes        ISJ No
Date ruling on contest due:

Ruling on contest: D Sustained                  D Overruled                 Date of ruling:

                                                                              Page 3 of 10
 Has any pa1ty to the court's judgment filed for protection in bankruptcy which might affect this appeal?                        DYes ~No
 If yes, please attach a copy of the petition.

 Date bankruptcy filed:                                                           Bankruptcy Case Number:

                                                                                      Trial Court Clerk:     D District   ~   County
 Trial Court Docl{ct Number (Cause No.):                                              Was clerk's record requested?        DYes       ~No

         Judge (who tried or disposed of case):                                       If yes, date requested:   ;:~:{:~·:]~~~~~~~~~~~~;I~~'~;'!\~~·;~·J~j)J
                                                                                      If no, date it will be requested:
 First Name:                                                                          Were payment arrangements made with clerk?
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                                                                                      (Note: No request required under TRAP 34.S(a),(b)}
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 If other, please specify:

 Type of case?
 Give a brief description of the issue to be raised on appeal, the relief sought, and the applicable standard for review, if known (without
 prejudice to the right to raise additional issues or request additional relief):

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Please enter the following for each person served:

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 Date Served:

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                                                                   Page 10of10
c                                         CAUSE NO. CV04637                  r-rr Fn FOR RECORfl
                                                                           2014 OEC 16 PH 3: 2 I
    RON SEALE, Individually and as the            §      .COUNTY COURT AT LAW
    Representative of the Estate of               §                          CHARLO ITt, a1 ['I .
    CLARALA~ASEALE                                §
                                                                          couumtmx. 1'iuzAnoWo'. 1.
            Plaintiff                             §                       BY--~-- /JtP.
                                                  §
    vs.                                           §       OF
                                                  §
    HORACE TRUETT SEALE and wife,                 §
    NAN SEALE,                                    §
         Defendants                               §       VANZANDT COUNTY, TEXAS

                                                 ORDER
            On November 20, 2014, the Comt heard the Defendants' Motion to Dismiss fvr Lack of

    Jurisdiction. All paities we1·e represented by counsel.

           Having cvnsidered the motion, Plaintiff's response, the ~rgument!i of counsel, and the

    applicable law, the Court concludes that it lacla! jurlsdictlon over the Plaintiff's claims. It Js

    therefore ORDERED that Defendants' Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction is hereby

    GRANTED.

                                            . 16'14
           SIGNED AND ENTERED on thw the~ day of December, 2014.

                                                   /2adiL.Jr/Jvtl
                                                 HONORABLE RANDALL. MCDONALD
                                                 JUDGE PRESIDING

(
                                         CAUSE NO. CV04637

   RON SEALE, Individually and as the                 §       COUNTY COURT AT LAW
   Representative of the Estate of                    §
   CLARA LAVINIA SEALE                                §
         Plaintiff                                   §
                                                     §
  vs.                                                §
                                                     §
  HORACE TRUETT SEALE and wife,                      §
  NAN SEALE,                                         §
       Defendants                                    §

                           PLAINTIFFS' NOTICE OF APPEAL
           Pursuant to Rule 25.1 of the Texas Ru1es of Appellate Procedure, Ron Seale,

  Individually and as the Representative of the Estate of Clara Lavinia Seale, the Plaintiffs

  in the above-styled and numbered action file this notice of appeal to the Twelfth Distdct

 Court of Appeals (Tyler). Plaintiffs desire to appeal from the judgment l'endered against

 Plaintiffs and in favor of the Defendants by the County Court at Law of VanZandt

 County, Texas on December 16,2014.

          Dated this the 12th day of January, 2015.

                                   Respectfully submitted,

                                  ~ THATCHER~'El                     SATLAW,P.C.

                                  By:

                                          ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFFS

PLAINTIFFS' NOTICE OF APPEAL
Cause No. CV04637; Ron Seale eta! vs, Horace Truett Seale et ux                                 Page 1
...

                                                    CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

                  I certify that on January 12, 2015, I deposited in the United States Mail a true

         copy of the preceding notice of appeal addressed to attorney of record for Defendants by

         certified mail, return receipt requested (#7012 3050 0000 1271 7774) as follows:

                 Mr. John F. (Jack) Walker, III
                 Martin Walker, P.C.
                 The Arcadia Theater
                 121 N. Spring Avenue
                 Tyler, Texas 75702
                                                                                                             I ,
                 Dated the 12th day of January, 2015.

      PLAINTIFFS' NOTICE OF APPEAL
      Cause No. CV04637; Ron Seale eta/ vs. Horace Tiwett Seale et ux                                Page2