Order entered May 18, 2015
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-13-01360-CV
HIGH REV POWER, L.L.C., Appellant
V.
MASSIMO MOTOR SPORTS, LLC, ET AL., Appellees
On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 4
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. CC-12-07411-D
ORDER
In a letter dated May 13, 2015, Coral Hough, Official Court Reporter for the County
Court at Law No. 4, informed the Court that she is in the process of preparing the reporter’s
record but that the exhibits cannot be located. Accordingly, we ORDER the Honorable Ken
Tapscott, Presiding Judge of the County Court at Law No. 4, to conduct a hearing WITHIN
THRITY DAYS of the date of this order and make findings as to whether:
1. the exhibits have been lost or destroyed without appellant’s fault;
2. the lost or destroyed exhibits are necessary to the appeal’s resolution;
3. the lost or destroyed exhibits can be replaced by agreement of the parties; and
4. if the lost or destroyed exhibits cannot be replaced by agreement of the parties,
they can be replaced with a copy determined by the trial court to accurately
duplicate with reasonable certainty the original exhibits.
See TEX. R. APP. P. 34.6(f).
We ORDER John Warren, Dallas County Clerk, to file, WITHIN FORTY-FIVE
DAYS of the date of this order, a supplemental clerk’s record containing the trial court’s findings
of fact from the hearing.
We ORDER Coral Hough, to file, WITHIN FORTY-FIVE days of the date of this
order, the reporter’s record from the hearing.
We DIRECT the Clerk of this Court to send a copy of this order by electronic
transmission to Judge Tapscott, John Warren, Coral Hough, and counsel for all parties.
We ABATE this appeal to allow the trial court to conduct the hearing. The appeal will
be reinstated in forty-five days or when the Court receives the requested supplemental clerk’s
record, whichever occurs sooner.
/s/ ELIZABETH LANG-MIERS
JUSTICE
High Rev Power, L.L.C. v. Massimo Motor Sports, LLC, and Freeport Logistics, Inc.
Combined Opinion