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THE ARBORETUM GROUP, INC.

TOUCHSTONE MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.

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Before Chief Justice Seerden and Justices Rodriguez and Kennedy⁽¹⁾

Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, THE ARBORETUM GROUP, INC., perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the 135th District Court of Victoria County, Texas, in cause number 97-7-50,821-B. After the record was filed, appellant filed a motion to dismiss the appeal. In the motion, appellant states it no longer wishes to prosecute this appeal. Appellant requests that this Court dismiss the appeal.

The Court, having considered the documents on file and appellant's motion to dismiss the appeal, is of the opinion that the motion should be granted. Appellant's motion to dismiss is granted, and the appeal is hereby DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Do not publish.

Tex. R. App. P. 47.3.

Opinion delivered and filed this

the 6^th day of July, 2000.

1. Retired Justice Noah Kennedy assigned to this Court by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas pursuant to Tex. Gov't Code Ann. §74.003 (Vernon 1998).