Milton E. Lindsey, Jr., Appellant v. Kathryn Renee Ramsey, Appellee (2013)

M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N

Appellant filed notices of appeal in this Court, complaining of orders signed by the justice court on February 15, 2013.   However, this Court lacks jurisdiction over justice-court judgments.   That jurisdiction lies in the county or district court.   See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem.Code § 51.001;  see also id. § 51.012 (person may appeal from district or county court to court of appeals);  Tex.R. Civ. P. 574b (appeal from justice court is by way of trial de novo in county or district court).   Further, appellant filed his notices of appeal in May 2013, well beyond the time to appeal from a justice court decision.   See Tex.R. Civ. P. 571, 572, 573 (appeal from justice court perfected by appeal bond or affidavit of indigence filed within ten days of judgment or order overruling motion for new trial).   We therefore dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.¹  Tex.R.App. P. 42.3(a).

FOOTNOTES

FN1. Appellant did not respond to our letter asking for an explanation of how we might exercise jurisdiction over these appeals..  FN1. Appellant did not respond to our letter asking for an explanation of how we might exercise jurisdiction over these appeals.

David Puryear, Justice