In The
Court of Appeals
Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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NO. 09-14-00412-CV
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THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, Appellant
V.
JUSTIN JACKSON, Appellee
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On Appeal from the 60th District Court
Jefferson County, Texas
Trial Cause No. B-192,252
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
The City of Beaumont filed a notice of accelerated appeal. The appellee,
Justin Jackson, filed a motion to dismiss the appeal because the trial court has not
signed a written order denying the City’s plea to the jurisdiction. In its response,
the City argues that the trial court implicitly denied the City’s plea by not
dismissing the case and that the City is entitled to appeal the trial court’s refusal to
rule on the plea.
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The time for filing an accelerated appeal runs from the date on which the
appealable order is signed. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1(b). An appellate court lacks
jurisdiction over an appeal authorized by section 51.014(a) of the Texas Civil
Practice and Remedies Code unless the trial court signed a written order. See Reyes
v. Burrus, No. 08-14-00080-CV, 2014 WL 2013404, at *1 (Tex. App.—El Paso
May 14, 2014, no pet.) (mem. op.); State v. Nine Hundred Eighty-Two Thousand
One Hundred Ten Dollars, No. 08-11-00253-CV, 2011 WL 4068011, at *1 (Tex.
App.—El Paso Sept. 14, 2011, no pet.) (mem. op.); In re Nationwide Credit, Inc.,
No. 13-10-00007-CV, 2010 WL 596809, at *4 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi Feb.
18, 2010, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.); Hubbard-Jowers v. Starfire Enters., Ltd.,
No. 02-06-462-CV, 2007 WL 439052, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Feb. 8, 2007,
no pet.) (mem. op.); see also Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014(a)(8)
(West Supp. 2014). “The appellate timetable does not commence to run other than
by signed, written order, even when the signing of such order is purely
ministerial.” Farmer v. Ben E. Keith Co., 907 S.W.2d 495, 496 (Tex. 1995).
We lack jurisdiction because the trial court has not signed an appealable
order. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal.
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APPEAL DISMISSED.
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STEVE McKEITHEN
Chief Justice
Submitted on November 5, 2014
Opinion Delivered November 6, 2014
Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.
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