Laura Leticia Zepeda Vasquez, Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Jose Abraham Vasquez,Jr. v. Legend Natural Gas III, LP Legend Natural Gas, LLC Lewis Energy Group, LP And Lewis Petro Properties, Inc

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04-14-00899-cv
FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
5/21/2015 11:38:33 AM
KEITH HOTTLE

GARCIA & VILLARREAL, PLLC CLERK

Attorneys at Law
____________________
Francisco R. Villarreal 4311 N. McColl Rd. Telephone:
FILED 956-630-0081
IN
panchov@gvlaw.net McAllen, Texas 78504 4th Facsimile:
COURT OF 956-630-3631
APPEALS
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
May 21, 2015 05/21/2015 11:38:33 AM
KEITH E. HOTTLE
Clerk
Hon. Keith E. Hottle Via Electronic Submission
Clerk, Fourth Court of Appeals
Cadena-Reeves Justice Center
300 Dolorosa, Suite 200
San Antonio, Texas 78205-3037

Re: Cause No. 04-14-00899-CV
Laura Leticia Zepeda Vasquez, Individually and on behalf of The
Estate of Jose Abraham Vasquez, Jr. v. Legend Natural Gas III L.P.,
et al.

Dear Mr. Hottle:

The undersigned is counsel for the Appellee, XTO Energy, Inc., in the
above-referenced proceeding. Appellee respectfully requests that you forward this
letter brief to the justices on the Court who are handling this matter. A copy of this
letter is also being served on counsel for all the parties.

Counsel for XTO Energy, Inc. has received and reviewed all of the briefing
filed by the other appellees in this proceeding, including: Rosetta Resources
Operating Co., Inc., Virtex Operating Co. Inc. and Virtex Holdings, L.L.P.,
Enterprise Products Holdings, LLC and Enterprise Products Co., Lewis Energy
Group, LP and Lewis Petro Properties, Inc., and Legend Natural Gas III, LP and
Legend Natural Gas, LLC.

The trial court’s final judgment in this matter was in favor of XTO Energy,
Inc. and disposed of all of the claims raised by the Appellants Laura Leticia
Zepeda Vasquez, Individually and on behalf of The Estate of Jose Abraham
Vasquez, Jr. against XTO Energy, Inc. (CR 147) Because XTO Energy, Inc. is
similarly situated and in the same position as the other appellees in this matter, and
rather than file an additional brief of its own, XTO Energy, Inc. formally joins in
and adopts by reference here all of the arguments previously submitted to this
Court by the other appellee parties in favor of affirming the final judgment of the
trial court. See TEX. R. APP. P. 9.7.

As a result, and for all of the reasons raised in the prior briefing submitted to
this Court by the other appellees in this matter, XTO Energy, Inc. respectfully
requests that this Court affirm the trial court’s judgment in favor of XTO Energy,
Inc. in all respects.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Francisco R. Villarreal
Jose E. Garcia
State Bar No. 07636780
Francisco Rene Villarreal
State Bar No. 00789706
GARCIA & VILLARREAL, PLLC
4311 North McColl Road
McAllen, Texas 78502
956-630-0081
956-630-3631 Facsimile
panchov@gvlaw.net

Attorneys for Appellee, XTO Energy, Inc.

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 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that a true copy of this document was served via the e-filing system
(if the individual was registered for service) and as shown below on May 21, 2015.
Jeffrey L. Dorrell
HANSZEN LAPORTE, L.L.P. William A. Abernethy
11767 Katy Fwy., Ste. 850 DONNELL ABERNETHY
Houston, TX 77079 & KIESCHNICK, P.C.
Email: jdorrell@hanszenlaporte.com 555 N. Carancahua, Ste. 1700
Corpus Christi, Texas 78401-0583
Isaac J. Huron Email: babernathy@dakpc.com
DAVIS CEDILLO &
MENDOZA, INC. E. Michael Rodriguez
McCombs Plaza, Suite 500 ATLAS HALL &
755 E. Mulberry Ave. RODRIGUEZ, L.L.P.
San Antonio, Texas 78212 PO Box 6369
Email: ihuron@lawdcm.com 50 W. Morrison Rd., Ste. A
Brownsville, Texas 78523-6369
David L. Ortega Email: mrodriguez@atlashall.com
Richard McNitzky
NAMAN HOWELL Brian Miller
SMITH & LEE, PLLC VICKERY & WILLIAMS, L.L.P.
Union Square II Frost Bank Plaza, Suite 1300
10001 Reunion Place, Suite #600 802 N. Carancahua St.
San Antonio, Texas 78216 Corpus Christi, Texas 78401
Email: dortega@namanhowell.com Email: brian.miller@roystonlaw.com
rmcnitzky@namanhowell.com

/s/ F.R.Villarreal
Francisco R. Villarreal

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