Dolores Fay Bovis v. Valerie Manis and Susan Zinnecker Poole

In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ____________________ NO. 09-14-00467-CV ____________________ DOLORES FAY BOVIS, Appellant V. VALERIE MANIS AND SUSAN ZINNECKER POOLE, Appellees _______________________________________________________ ______________ On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 2 Montgomery County, Texas Trial Cause No. 14-28329 ________________________________________________________ _____________ ORDER The trial court signed a judgment for possession of real property on October 13, 2014. The judgment requires that appellant, Dolores Fay Bovis, file a bond in the amount of $2100.00 to supersede the judgment. On November 19, 2014, Bovis filed a motion seeking appellate review of the amount of security required to supersede the judgment. See Tex. R. App. P. 24.4. In setting the supersedeas bond in a forcible detainer suit, the county court must take into consideration the value of rents likely to accrue during appeal, damages that may occur as the result of the 1 stay during appeal, and other damages or amounts as the court may deem appropriate. Tex. Prop. Code Ann. § 24.007(a) (West 2014). Bovis has not shown that the trial court failed to properly apply section 24.007(a). See id. Appellant’s motion for reduction of supersedeas bond is denied. On November 20, 2014, Bovis filed an Emergency Motion to Stay Judgment with a copy of the Judgment of Eviction attached. “A judgment of a county court in an eviction suit may not under any circumstances be stayed pending appeal unless, within 10 days of the signing of the judgment, the appellant files a supersedeas bond in an amount set by the county court. Id. Bovis has not demonstrated her timely compliance with the statute. Appellant’s motion for emergency stay is denied. ORDER ENTERED November 20, 2014. PER CURIAM Before Kreger, Horton, and Johnson, JJ. 2