Court Opinion

ID: 9412402
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Date Created: 2023-07-30 08:10:51.519825+00
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Petition for Writ of Mandamus Denied and Dissenting Memorandum Opinion
filed July 18, 2023.

                                     In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                               NO. 14-23-00489-CV

   IN RE PAULA GIST, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS HEIR TO J. STEVEN
                          GIST, Relator

                         ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                          WRIT OF MANDAMUS
                         County Court at Law No. 2
                          Fort Bend County, Texas
                         Trial Court Cause No. 68377

                DISSENTING MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Persisting in my view that our duty as judges is to reach a decision on the
merits based on a proper record and that due process and due course of law require
that this court give notice when the original-proceeding record does not comply
with the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, I would give relator notice of
involuntary dismissal for failure to comply with Texas Rules of Appellate
Procedure 52.3(j) requiring a certification that the petition is supported by
competent evidence included in the appendix or record and 52.7(a) requiring (1) a
certified or sworn copy of every document that is material to the relator's claim for
relief and that was filed in any underlying proceeding and (2) a properly
authenticated transcript of any relevant testimony from any underlying proceeding,
including any exhibits offered in evidence, or a statement that no testimony was
adduced in connection with the matter complained. Tex. R. App. P. 52.7(a); see In
re Kholaif, 624 S.W.3d 228, 231 (order), mand. dism’d, 615 S.W.3d 369 (Tex.
App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2020) (orig. proceeding); see also Tex. R. 52.3(k)(1)
(necessary contents of petition) Tex. Civ. Prac. & Crim. Code Ann. § 132.001
(authorizing unsworn declarations). A checklist for these requirements for petitions
in original proceedings is available on this court’s website.

      I dissent from the court’s failure to provide notice and an opportunity to
cure. I express no opinion on the merits of the petition for a writ of mandamus.

                                       /s/       Charles A. Spain
                                                 Justice

Panel consists of Justices Wise, Bourliot, and Spain.

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