Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-12-07 09:10:03.870058+00
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In The
                             Court of Appeals
                    Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo

                                  No. 07-23-00381-CV

                         RAIN AND HAIL, LLC, APPELLANT

                                           V.

                VICKI MILLOY AND DEWAYNE DUNN, APPELLEES

                          On Appeal from the 287th District Court
                                  Parmer County, Texas
              Trial Court No. 11697, Honorable Kathryn H. Gurley, Presiding

                                  December 4, 2023
                           MEMORANDUM OPINION
                 Before QUINN, C.J., and DOSS and YARBROUGH, JJ.

      Appellant, Rain and Hail, LLC, appeals from the trial court’s interlocutory Order on

Plaintiff’s Motion to Dismiss Counterclaim. Now pending before this Court is an “Agreed

Motion to Dismiss with Prejudice” filed by Rain and Hail and Appellees, Vicki Milloy and

Dwayne Dunn. According to the motion, the parties have settled the underlying action

and request that the Court (1) dismiss the appeal and (2) render a judgment “dismissing

any and all claims and causes of action asserted by, or which could have been asserted
by, [the parties] with prejudice to the rights of the parties to re-file same . . . .” We construe

the latter request for relief as a motion to dismiss the underlying case with prejudice.

       Rule of Appellate Procedure 42.1 permits us to dismiss an appeal at the appellant’s

request or, in accordance with the agreement of the parties, to render judgment

effectuating the parties’ agreement, remand the case to the trial court for rendition of

judgment in accordance with the agreement, or abate the appeal and permit proceedings

in the trial court to effectuate the agreement. The trial court has not issued a final

judgment in this case. Thus, the parties’ request for dismissal of the underlying case

requests relief beyond the scope of our appellate review of an interlocutory order. For

this reason, rather than dismiss the appeal or render judgment, we remand the cause to

the trial court for rendition of a judgment in accordance with the parties’ agreement. See

TEX. R. APP. P. 42.1(2)(B); Herndon v. Trojan Tubular Servs., No. 12-19-00193-CV, 2019

Tex. App. LEXIS 8703, at *2 (Tex. App.—Tyler Sep. 27, 2019, no pet.) (doing same).

                                                            Per Curiam

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