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OFFICE OF STAN STANART FILED IN
COUNTY CLERK, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 1st COURT OF APPEALS
CIVIL COURTS DEPARTMENT HOUSTON, TEXAS
3/10/2015 11:47:36 AM
March 10, 2015
CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
Clerk
Court of Appeals
301 Fannin
Houston, Texas 77002
LETTER 0F
Court Docket Number: 1058198
Trial Court Number: Four (4)
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KEYNOA EVANS VS. PINES OF
APPELLANT(S) APPELLEE(S)
Judge: ROBERTA LLOYD
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Appellee(s) Attorney:
Kenneth R. No. 01812200 Scott H. Fournier, N o. 24085312
N 3311 Richmond Avenue, Suite 305
Houston, 77098
Phone: (713) 622-2111
(713) 622-2119
E-Ma1l.
Keynoa Evans, appellant, filed a of Appeal on March 9, 2015 from the Final that was signed on March 2,
2015.The
Clerk’s Record is due to your office on or before 1, 2015.
/S/Joshua Alegria
Alegria
Deputy Clerk
P.O. Box 1525
Houston, TX 77251-1525
(713) 755-64211>.o.
Box 1525 I TX 77251-1525 I (713) 755-6421
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financi l condition. l verify that the statements mode in this affidavit are
Signature
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SUBSCRIBED
ANDSWORN| BEFOREme on this day of March,
CertificateofService
l hereby certify that a true and correct copy of this of this in lieu of
a supersedeas was sent to counsel of record by telecopy
on this of 2015.
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CAUSE
NO.1058198
PINES OF NORTHWEST CROSSING § IN THE COUNTY CIVIL COURT
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VS. § AT LAW NUMBER FOUR (4)
KEYNOA
EVANS
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OTHER OCCUPANTS § HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS
JUDGMENT
BE IT REMEMBEREDthat on this day came on to be heard the above-entitledand
numbered cause and Plaintiff PINES OF NORTHWEST CROSSING, and
Defendant KEYNOA EVANS and All Other Occupants (collectively to as
appeared before the Court.
The after considering the pleadings on the evidence presented at trial and the
arguments of the is of the opinion and that: (1) Plaintiff PINES OF NORTHWEST
CROSSING,is the owner and landlord of and the Defendantis the tenant of the residential
leased premises located within County Civil at Law Number Four (4), of Harris County,
Texas at 7200 Pinemont Drive, Number 1507, Houston, County, Texas 77040,
("Leased Premises"); (2) Plaintiff PINES OF NORTHWEST CROSSING, terminated the
Defendant’s right to occupy the Leased Premises; (3) Plaintiff PINES OF NORTHWEST
CROSSING, made written demand upon the Defendant and all occupants of the Leased Premises
to vacate same, which demand was received by the Defendant as required by law; (4) the
Defendant is thereby guilty of forcible detainer; (5) Plaintiff PINES OF NORTHWEST
CROSSING, is entitled to immediate possession of the Leased Premises from the Defendant and
all occupants of the Leased (6) Plaintiff PINES OF NORTHWEST CROSSING, is
entitled to recover any and all past due rental amounts due from the Defendant and all occupants
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oftheLeasedPremises;
(7) PINESOFNORTHWEST
CROSSING,
is to
its costs of from the and all occupants of the Leased Premises; and (8)
Plaintiff PINES OF NORTHWEST CROSSING, is entitled to recover its attomeys’ fees and
litigation costs and reasonably incurred by the prosecution of this cause of action from
the Defendant and all occupants of the Leased Premises. It is therefore,
ORDERED,
ADJUDGED
andDECREED
thatPlaintiffPINESOFNORTHWEST
CROSSING shall be and hereby is awarded possession on or after
2015, of the Leased Premises located at 7200
,
Pinemont Drive, Apartment Number 1507, Houston, Harris County, Texas 77040, from
KEYNOA EVANS and All Other Occupants, jointly and severally. It is further
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law; it is,
ADJUDGED and DECREED that Defendant KEYNOA EVANS shall pay
to Plaintiff PINES OF NORTHWEST CROSSING,
$ · in past due rental amounts properly due and
owing Plaintiff PINES OF NORTHWEST CROSSING, pursuant to the terms of the Lease, with
interest thereon at the rate of (5%) percent per annum from the date of this Judgment until
paid; it is, further,
ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that Defendant KEYNOA EVANS shall pay
to Plaintiff PINES OF NORTHWEST CROSSING, all its costs of court, together with post-
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judgment interest thereon at the rate of five (5%) per from the date of this
Judgment
untilpaid;itis,further,
ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that Defendant KEYNOA EVANS shall pay
tothePlaintiff
PINES
OFNORTHWEST $
in attomeys’ fees and litigation costs necessary and reasonably incurred by the prosecution of
this cause of action, pursuant to the terms of the Lease, with interest thereon at the rate of
(5%) percent per annum from the date of this Judgment until paid; it is further,
ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that Plaintiff, PINES OF NORTHWEST
CROSSING, shall have and recover from that Defendant KEYNOA EVANS and Surety
LADONNA TOWNSEND, jointly and severally, additional attorneys’ fees in the following
amounts: $7,500.00 in the event of an unsuccessful appeal by Defendant KEYNOA EVANS
and/or Surety LADONNA TOWNSEND to the Court of Appeals; an additional $7,500.00 for
making or responding to an unsuccessful petition for review to the Supreme Court of Texas; and
an additional $7,500.00 if the petition for review is granted by the Supreme Court of Texas.
Interest on said for attomeys’ fees shall accrue at the rate of percent (5%) per
from the date of this Judgment until paid; it is further,
ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that in the event of an appeal of this
Judgment, Defendant KEYNOA EVANS’ and Surety LADONNA TOWNSEND’s, jointly and
severally, supersedeas bond is hereby set at ten (l0) times the market rent for Defendant’s
in the amount of $ and shall be posted
within ten (l0) days of the date of this Judgment in the form of cash, cashier’s check, or by and
through a corporate surety licensed for such purposes and doing business in the State of Texas; it
is, further,3
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ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that Surety LADONNA TOWNSEND
pay to Plaintiff PINES OF NORTHWEST CROSSING, $
pursuant to the terms of the Appeal Bond, with interest thereon at the rate of (5%) percent
per annum the date of this Judgment until paid; and,
This judgment disposes of all claims and all parties and is appealable.
SIGNEDon this of March,2015.
JUDGE
APPROVED AND ENTRY REQUESTED:
LAWFIRM
Brian P. Cweren
StateBarNo. 24001956
ScottH.Fournier
StateBarNo.24085312
3311 Richmond, Suite 305
Houston,Texas77098
Telephone: (713)622-2111
Facsimile: (713) 622-2119
scott@cwerenlaw.comATTORNEYS
FOR PLAINTIFF,
PINESOF NORTHWESTCROSSING
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