TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-99-00849-CV
David Lee Davis, Appellant
v.
James Baker, Individually and as Guardian of David Baker, an Incapacitated Person and
Lele Baker, Appellees
FROM THE PROBATE COURT NO. 1 OF TRAVIS COUNTY
NO. 66,740-A, HONORABLE GUY S. HERMAN, JUDGE PRESIDING
This Court abated this appeal on November 16, 2000, based on a determination that
the bankruptcy-court order lifted the automatic stay1 only for purposes of trial, not for an appeal.
Davis v. Baker, 29 S.W.3d 921, 924 (Tex. App.—Austin 2000, order). Appellant Davis has now
filed a motion to reinstate the appeal because the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has rendered
final judgment and the stay no longer applies. See Tex. R. App. P. 8.3. Appellant also contends that
Court’s holding that no Stowers2 claim exists in the bankruptcy estate mandates that this Court
reverse the trial-court judgment in cause 66,740-A and render judgment that appellees take nothing.
See Safeway Managing Gen. Agency v. Osherow (In re Davis), 253 F.3d 807, 808 (5th Cir. 2001).
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11 U.S.C.A. § 362(a)(1) (West 1993).
2
Stowers Furniture Co. v. American Indem. Co., 15 S.W.2d 544 (Tex. Comm’n App. 1929,
holding approved).
Appellees have responded that, although not in agreement with the Fifth Circuit’s decision, they agree
that the relief sought by appellant is legally proper and do not oppose the motion. 3
Accordingly, we grant appellant’s motion, reinstate the cause, reverse the trial-court
judgment, and render judgment that appellees take nothing.
Lee Yeakel, Justice
Before Justices Kidd, Yeakel and Patterson
Reversed and Rendered
Filed: November 8, 2001
Do Not Publish
3
Appellees request that each party be permitted to recover its exhibits used at the trial. Upon the
issuance of the mandate in a case, this Court’s clerk customarily requests that the parties recover their
exhibits. Accordingly, appellees’ request is granted.
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