DISMISS and Opinion Filed December 3, 2021
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Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-21-00858-CV
BYRON HUTCHINGS, ANITA HUTCHINGS, HAYLEY HUTCHINGS,
AND HUNTER HUTCHINGS, Appellants
V.
MELROSE ACQUISITION, L.L.C., A SUBSIDIARY OF
MAXUS PROPERTIES, L.L.C., Appellee
On Appeal from the Justice Court Precinct 3, Place 2
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. JE-19-0002N
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Pedersen, III, Goldstein, and Smith
Opinion by Justice Goldstein
In their notice of appeal, appellants state they are appealing from the justice
court’s failure to issue an order. In a related appeal, appellate cause number 05-21-
00857-CV, we questioned our jurisdiction over the appeal that also arose from
justice court. As requested, appellants filed a letter brief in that appeal and filed it
in this appeal as well. Accordingly, we address our jurisdiction over this appeal.
A court of appeals lacks jurisdiction over direct appeals from a justice court.
See Ortiz v. Scott, No. 07-05-0378-CV, 2005 WL 2777371, at *1 (Tex. App.—
Amarillo Oct. 26, 2005, no pet.) (mem. op.). Nothing in appellants’ letter brief
supports a contrary conclusion. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of
jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a).
/Bonnie Lee Goldstein/
BONNIE LEE GOLDSTEIN
JUSTICE
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Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
JUDGMENT
BYRON HUTCHINGS, ANITA On Appeal from the Justice Court
HUTCHINGS, HAYLEY Precinct 3, Place 2, Dallas County,
HUTCHINGS, AND HUNTER Texas
HUTCHINGS, Appellants Trial Court Cause No. JE-19-0002N.
Opinion delivered by Justice
No. 05-21-00858-CV V. Goldstein. Justices Pedersen, III and
Smith participating.
MELROSE ACQUISITION, L.L.C.,
A SUBSIDIARY OF MAXUS
PROPERTIES, L.L.C., Appellee
In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, the appeal is
DISMISSED.
Judgment entered December 3, 2021
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