Dustin Burge v. Charles Crabbe Appeal from County Court at Law No 1 of Jefferson County (memorandum opinion )

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In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ____________________ NO. 09-15-00419-CV ____________________ DUSTIN BURGE, Appellant V. CHARLES CRABBE, Appellee _______________________________________________________ ______________ On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 1 Jefferson County, Texas Trial Cause No. 128248 ________________________________________________________ _____________ MEMORANDUM OPINION The trial court signed a judgment granting possession of the property at issue to the landlord, Charles Crabbe, after a jury trial in a forcible detainer case. Dustin Burge filed a notice of appeal. The brief of the appellant was due to be filed on or before December 7, 2015, but Burge did not file a brief. On December 9, 2015, we notified the parties that the brief had not been filed and warned the appellant that his failure to file a brief could result in a dismissal of the appeal for want of prosecution. On December 22, 2015, we notified the parties that the appeal would 1 be submitted to the Court without briefs and without oral argument. See Tex. R. App. P. 39.8. In the absence of a brief assigning error for appellate review, we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(a)(1); Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(b). APPEAL DISMISSED. ________________________________ HOLLIS HORTON Justice Submitted on January 12, 2016 Opinion Delivered January 21, 2016 Before McKeithen, C.J., Horton and Johnson, JJ. 2

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