Leslie Anne Gower v. Richard Womeldorf, Independent Executor of the Estate of John W. Womeldorf, Deceased Appeal from 389th District Court of Hidalgo County (memorandum opinion)

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NUMBER 13-15-00613-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG ____________________________________________________________ LESLIE ANNE GOWER, Appellant, v. RICHARD WOMELDORF, INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN W. WOMELDORF, DECEASED, Appellee. ____________________________________________________________ On appeal from the 389th District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas. ____________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Contreras, Benavides, and Longoria Memorandum Opinion by Justice Benavides Appellant, Leslie Anne Gower, attempted to perfect an appeal from the trial court’s denial of a temporary injunction which took place at a hearing conducted on December 2, 2015, in cause no. C-2477-15-H. Upon review of the documents before the Court, it appeared that there was no appealable judgment. On February 10, 2016, the Clerk of this Court notified appellant of this defect so that steps could be taken to correct the defect, if it could be done. See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.1, 42.3. Appellant was advised that, if the defect was not corrected within ten days from the date of receipt of the notice, the appeal would be dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Appellant has not responded to the Court’s notice or telephone calls made by the Clerk of the Court. Appellate courts only have jurisdiction to review final judgments and certain interlocutory orders identified by statute. Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001). Because there is no final judgment or order subject to appeal, the notice of appeal is premature. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1, 27.1(a) Appellant has not demonstrated that a written order has been signed. Accordingly, the appeal is DISMISSED FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a). GINA M. BENAVIDES, Justice Delivered and filed the 16th day of March, 2017. 2

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