Clay Earle, Individually and Lake Fork Drilling, Inc., d/b/a Clay Earle Water Well Drilling v. Preferred Pump and Equipment, L. P.--Appeal from 402nd Judicial District Court of Wood County

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In The Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana ______________________________ No. 06-09-00109-CV ______________________________ CLAY EARLE, INDIVIDUALLY AND LAKE FORK DRILLING, INC., D/B/A CLAY EARLE WATER WELL DRILLING, Appellants V. PREFERRED PUMP AND EQUIPMENT, L.P., Appellee On Appeal from the 402nd Judicial District Court Wood County, Texas Trial Court No. 2006-469 Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ. Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Morriss MEMORANDUM OPINION Clay Earle, individually, and Lake Fork Drilling, Inc., d/b/a Clay Earle Water Well Drilling, filed their notice of appeal December 1, 2009. The clerk s record was filed March 30, 2010. The reporter s record was due to be filed on or before March 1, 2010, and has not been filed. When no reporter s record had been filed by April 19, 2010, we contacted the appellants (whose attorney was permitted to withdraw from representation March 30, 2010, after providing requisite notice) by letter and informed them that, if we did not receive information that appellants were making a substantial and tangible effort to prosecute the appeal by showing, within ten days of the date of the letter, either a reasonable attempt to obtain the reporter s record or by filing a brief based solely on the clerk s record, the appeal would be subject to dismissal for want of prosecution. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(b), (c). We have received no communication from the appellants. Pursuant to Rule 42.3(b) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, we dismiss this appeal for want of prosecution. TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(b). Josh R. Morriss, III Chief Justice Date Submitted: Date Decided: May 12, 2010 May 13, 2010 2 3

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