Court Opinion

ID: 9681126
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 07:44:15.048526+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:39:20.424405
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WARREN, Justice,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent because it is inherently unfair for these litigants’ appellate timetable to begin running before they had notice that the judgment had become final. As a practical matter, the real parties in interest would have to check with the court clerk periodically to make sure that no severance or nonsuit had been taken. In my opinion, Tex.R.Civ.P. 162 mandates notice, and the real parties’ in interest time for perfecting their appeal did not begin to run until they received notice as provided by rule 21a, or by other acceptable means.