DISMISS and Opinion Filed March 29, 2021
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Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-18-00642-CV
BRIDGET PARSON, Appellant
V.
BECKY COLE, Appellee
On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 2
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. CC-15-01563-B
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Molberg, Reichek, and Nowell
Opinion by Justice Reichek
Appellant appeals from the trial court’s May 29, 2018 order denying her
motion to vacate a default judgment.1 By letter dated March 8, 2021, we questioned
our jurisdiction over this appeal.2 We instructed appellant to file, by March 18th, a
letter brief addressing our concern and cautioned her that failure to do so may result
1
Appellant appealed the December 17. 2015 default judgment and this Court dismissed that appeal for
want of prosecution. See Bridget Parson v. Becky Cole, No. 05-16-00060-CV, 2016 WL 1704377, at *1
(Tex. App.—Dallas April 17, 2016, no pet.) (mem. op.).
2
We abated this appeal on October 31, 2018 due to appellant’s bankruptcy filing. We reinstated the
appeal on February 25, 2021.
in dismissal of the appeal without further notice. As of today’s date, appellant has
not filed a letter brief.
Generally this Court has jurisdiction only over final judgments and certain
interlocutory orders as permitted by statute. See Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39
S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001); TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 51.014. Here,
the trial court’s May 29, 2018 order denying appellant’s motion to vacate the default
judgment is neither a final judgment nor an appealable interlocutory order.
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P.
42.3(a).
/Amanda L. Reichek/
AMANDA L. REICHEK
JUSTICE
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Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
JUDGMENT
BRIDGET PARSON, Appellant On Appeal from the County Court at
Law No. 2, Dallas County, Texas
No. 05-18-00642-CV V. Trial Court Cause No. CC-15-01563-
B.
BECKY COLE, Appellee Opinion delivered by Justice
Reichek. Justices Molberg and
Nowell participating.
In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, the appeal is
DISMISSED.
Judgment entered March 29, 2021.
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