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Estrada v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.                              

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT OF TEXAS,

AT AUSTIN

 

NO. 3-93-232-CV

HECTOR ESTRADA,

	APPELLANT

vs.

AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY,

	APPELLEE

 

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TOM GREEN COUNTY, 340TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. CV-91-1501-C, HONORABLE DICK ALCALA, JUDGE PRESIDING
 

PER CURIAM
	The district court signed an amended judgment on February 10, 1993, during the
period of its plenary power.  Appellant Hector Estrada filed his premature affidavit of inability
to pay the costs of appeal on February 5, 1993, but the certificate of service does not reflect
service on the court reporter.  See Tex. R. App. P. 40(a)(3)(B), 58.  Appellant filed a motion for
new trial on December 8, 1992, directed towards the district court's earlier judgment of
November 9, 1992, and the motion was overruled by operation of law on January 23, 1993.  See
Tex. R. Civ. P. 329b(c).  Appellant tendered the transcript for filing on May 14, 1993, perhaps
erroneously believing that the overruled motion for new trial had extended the appellate
timetables.  See A.G. Solar & Co. v. Nordyke, 744 S.W.2d 646, 647-48 (Tex. App.--Dallas 1988,
no writ).  The transcript was due on or before April 12, 1993.  See Tex. R. App. P. 54(a).
	Appellant has filed a motion to dismiss because the transcript was not timely
tendered.  We cannot act on appellant's motion, however, because we conclude that the affidavit
was ineffective.  Appellant is not entitled to prosecute the appeal without paying the costs or
giving security therefor, and his failure to do either deprives the Court of jurisdiction in this
cause.  Tex. R. App. P. 40(a)(3)(B).  Appellant's motion to dismiss is dismissed for want of
jurisdiction.
	The appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction sua sponte.

[Before Chief Justice Carroll, Justices Aboussie and Jones]
Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction
Filed:   June 30, 1993
[Do Not Publish]