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                                                                                                 04-15-00127-CV
                                                                                     FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS
                                                                                          SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
                                                                                           10/23/2015 9:24:30 AM
                                                                                                  KEITH HOTTLE
                                                                                                          CLERK

              MOOR1VIAN TATE HALEY UPCHURCH & YATES, LLP
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                                    October 21, 2015

Fourth Court of Appeals
Cadena-Reeves Justice Center
300 Dolorosa, Ste. 3200
San Antonio, Texas 78205-3037

RE:      El Caballero Ranch, Inc. and Laredo Marine, L.L.C. v. Grace River Ranch,
         LLC; No. 04-15-00127CV, 4' Judicial District, San Antonio, Texas

Dear Justices of the Fourth Court of Appeals:

By way of supplement of the Brief of Appellee filed herein, Grace River Ranch,
LLC provides the following citations and succinct comment by way of additional
authority:

                        No "Self-Help" Remedy in Appellants to
                  Blockade the Easements Absent Judicial Intervention

         Appellants (without obtaining any injunctive relief in the trial court) have

utilized the "self-help" remedy of blocking both Grace River and the public from

utilizing the subject easements.

        Appellants cannot (without judicial intervention by the trial court) withhold

access to the easements by Grace River and the public. Smith v. Huston, 251 S.W.3d

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808, 829 (Tex. App. — Fort Worth 2008, pet. denied). There is no "self-help" remedy

available to Appellants to blockade the easements simply because Appellants

unilaterally and subjectively assert that the easements have been terminated or that

maintenance bligatio. re unfilled. Id.

Sincerel

STEVEN C. HALEY
SCH:mb

Enclosures

cc: Annalyn G. Smith
     Schmoyer Reinhard, LLP
     17806 I-10W, Ste. 400
     San Antonio, Texas 78257
     E-mail: asmith@ar-11p.com

        Kimberly S. Keller
        Keller Stolarczyk PLLC
        234 West Bandera Road, No. 120
        Boerne, Texas 78006
        E-mail: kim@kellsto.com

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