NO. 07-02-0253-CV
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SEVENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
AT AMARILLO
PANEL E
OCTOBER 1, 2002
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BETTY ANN NEWBY, APPELLANT
V.
DAN MOSER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS TRUSTEE; MOSER INVESTMENTS;
THE ESTATE OF LON MOSER, DECEASED; AND SHERIA EVANS, APPELLEES
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FROM THE 84TH DISTRICT COURT OF HUTCHINSON COUNTY;
NO. 34,920; HONORABLE WILLIAM D. SMITH, JUDGE
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Before REAVIS and JOHNSON, JJ. and BOYD, S.J.*
DISMISSAL
*John T. Boyd, Chief Justice (Ret.), Seventh Court of Appeals, sitting by
assignment.
Appellant Betty Ann Newby filed a notice of appeal challenging numerous orders
of the trial court. On June 26, 2002, the trial court sustained the contest filed by two court
reporters to Newby’s affidavit of indigence. On July 30, 2002, Newby filed a pro se
document in this Court seeking an extension of time on behalf of the trial court clerk
contending that the trial court clerk should not be permitted to request payment for the
record because she did not file a contest to her affidavit of indigence. However, because
the motion was not accompanied by the required filing fee, no ruling will be made
regarding that motion.
By letter dated September 13, 2002, this Court notified Newby to make satisfactory
arrangements to pay for the clerk’s record within ten days or the appeal would be subject
to dismissal. Although the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure now impose the duty of
filing the record with the trial court clerk, Newby must pay the clerk’s fee or make
satisfactory arrangements with the clerk to pay the fee. Tex. R. App. P. 35.3(a)(2).
Pursuant to Rule 37.3(b), this Court may dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution if, due
to appellant’s fault, the trial court clerk fails to file the clerk’s record. Furthermore, under
Rule 42.3(c) this Court may dismiss an appeal, after giving ten days notice, for Newby’s
failure to comply with a notice from the Clerk requiring a response within a specified time.
Accordingly, because Newby did not comply with this Court’s directive, the appeal
is hereby dismissed for want of prosecution and for failure to comply with a notice from the
Clerk of this Court. Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(b) & (c). Our disposition of this appeal renders
the motion for extension of time filed by the court reporter moot.
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Don H. Reavis
Justice
Do not publish.
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