Order entered October 23, 2015
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-15-00498-CV
SHARON GAST, Appellant
V.
CRAIG TINSLEY, TIFFANY TINSLEY, CRAIG TINSLEY “TRUSTEE”, 4308 SPRING
HILL ESTATES “TRUST”, CTT LAND TRUST, GAYLENE ROGERS LONERGAN,
THE LONERGAN LAW FIRM PLLC, DHLC MORTGAGE LLC, ROBERT BARNEY,
INDIVIDUALLY, CAPITOL TITLE OF TEXAS, LLC, Appellees
On Appeal from the 429th Judicial District Court
Collin County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 429-02870-2014
ORDER
Before Chief Justice Wright and Justices Lang-Miers and Stoddart
On September 10, 2015, the Court dismissed the appeal for want of prosecution because
the clerk’s record was not filed. The clerk’s record was filed on September 11, 2015 and
appellant filed a motion to reinstate on September 21, 2015.
On the Court’s own motion, we WITHDRAW this Court’s opinion dated September 10,
2015 and VACATE the judgment of the same date.
The Court has reviewed the clerk’s record and has a question concerning our jurisdiction
over the appeal. This Court has jurisdiction only over appeals from final judgments and those
interlocutory orders specifically authorized by statute. See Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39
S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001). A final judgment is one that disposes of all parties and all claims.
See id.
Appellant is appealing the trial court’s April 16, 2015 order granting a motion for
summary judgment that was filed by four of eleven defendants.1 In the judgment, the trial court
ordered that appellant take nothing on her claims against the four movant defendants. It appears
appellant’s claims against the other defendants remain pending.
So that this Court can determine its jurisdiction over the appeal, appellant is requested to
file, by NOVEMBER 2, 2015, a letter brief of no more than three pages explaining how this
Court has jurisdiction over the appeal. Appellees may file a responsive letter brief of no more
than three pages within ten days of appellant’s brief. No extension of time will be granted. If
either party will be relying on information not in the record before this Court, that party must
obtain a supplemental clerk’s record from the trial court containing that information.
After we have received briefs regarding the jurisdictional issue, we will either: (1)
dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction; or (2) notify the parties by letter that it appears we
have jurisdiction over the appeal and set a deadline for appellant’s brief on the merits. We
caution appellant that failure to file a jurisdictional brief by NOVEMBER 2, 2015, may result in
dismissal of the appeal without further notice.
We DENY as moot appellant’s motion to reinstate.
/s/ CAROLYN WRIGHT
CHIEF JUSTICE
1
There may be twelve defendants. It is not clear from the record before this Court if Christopher Eddy is a defendant.
Sharon Gast v. Craig Tinsley, Tiffany Tinsley, Craig Tinsley "Trustee", 4308 Spring Hill Estates "Trust", CTT Land Trust, Gaylene Rogers Lonergan, the Lonergan Law Firm PLLC, DHLC Mortgage LLC, Robert Barney, Individually, Capitol Title of Texas, LLC
Combined Opinion