Order entered October 10, 2016
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-15-01259-CV
ALLIANCE ROYALTIES, INC. AND ROYALTIES, LLC, Appellants
V.
VENTOS ENTITIES AND DLNGR NR LLC, Appellees
On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 5
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. CC-14-02930-E
ORDER
The Court has before it the parties’ October 7, 2016 joint motion to abate this appeal
pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 42.1(a)(2)(C). In the motion, the parties state
they have reached a settlement agreement and the “definitive settlement documents” must be
completed and executed by October 28, 2016, after which the parties will request release of
funds interpleaded into the trial court to the settling parties and then request a dismissal of this
appeal. The parties request we abate the case until December 15, 2016 to “accomplish this
process.”
Submission of this appeal was previously postponed at the request of appellants. It is
currently set for submission on briefs on November 15, 2016, eighteen days after the parties’
own deadline for completing and executing the settlement documents. Given these
circumstances, we DENY appellants’ joint motion to abate the appeal without prejudice to the
parties seeking relief in the future if they are unable to complete the settlement process by the
date of submission.
/s/ ROBERT M. FILLMORE
PRESIDING JUSTICE