Dismissed and Opinion Filed November 12, 2015
S In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-15-00456-CV
VILLAGE CRESTMONT HOUSTON USA, L.L.C. AND WEST CRESTMONT
HOUSTON USA, L.L.C. D/B/A CRESTMONT VILLAGE APARTMENTS, Appellants
V.
JOSE J. GAITAN, INDIVIDUALLY AND D/B/A EC & J REMODELING & PAINTING,
Appellee
On Appeal from the 191st Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DC-14-08108
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Lang, Evans, and Whitehill
Opinion by Justice Whitehill
By order of September 24, 2015, we granted appellants’ counsel’s motion to withdraw.
Because a corporation may only appear through an attorney, we directed appellants in that same
order to file a notice designating new counsel within thirty days. See Kunstoplast of Am., Inc. v.
Formosa Plastics Corp., 937 S.W.2d 455, 456 (Tex. 1996) (per curiam). We cautioned
appellants that failure to timely obtain new counsel would result in dismissal of the appeal
without further notice. To date, however, appellants have not designated new counsel or
otherwise communicated with the Court regarding the appeal. Accordingly, we dismiss the
appeal.
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BILL WHITEHILL
JUSTICE
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Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
JUDGMENT
VILLAGE CRESTMONT HOUSTON On Appeal from the 191st Judicial District
USA, L.L.C. AND WEST CRESTMONT Court, Dallas County, Texas
HOUSTON USA, L.L.C. D/B/A Trial Court Cause No. DC-14-08108.
CRESTMONT VILLAGE APARTMENTS, Opinion delivered by Justice Whitehill.
Appellants Justices Lang and Evans participating.
No. 05-15-00456-CV V.
JOSE J. GAITAN, INDIVIDUALLY AND
D/B/A EC & J REMODELING &
PAINTING, Appellee
In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, we DISMISS the appeal.
We ORDER that appellee Jose J. Gaitan, Individually and d/b/a EC & J Remodeling &
Painting recover his costs, if any, of this appeal from appellants Village Crestmont Houston,
USA, L.L.C. and West Crestmont Houston USA, L.L.C. d/b/a Crestmont Village Apartments.
Judgment entered November 12, 2015.
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