NUMBER 13-02-455-CV

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                CORPUS CHRISTI

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LONGHORN PAVING,                                                            Appellant,

                                                   v.

UPPER VALLEY MATERIALS, INC.,                                          Appellee.

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                        On appeal from the 139th District Court

                                  of Hidalgo County, Texas

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                                   O P I N I O N

         Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Hinojosa, and Yanez

                                       Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, LONGHORN PAVING, attempted to perfect an appeal from a judgment entered by the 139th District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas, in cause number C-4609-98-C.  Judgment in this cause was signed on April 10, 2002.  A timely motion for new trial was filed on May 10, 2002.  Pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 26.1, appellant=s notice of appeal was due on July 9, 2002, but was not filed until July 31, 2002. 

Notice of this defect was given so that steps could be taken to correct the defect, if it could be done.  Appellant was advised that, if the defect was not corrected within ten days from the date of receipt of this Court=s letter, the appeal would be dismissed.  To date, no response has been received from appellant.

The Court, having examined and fully considered the documents on file, appellant=s failure to timely perfect his appeal, and appellant=s failure to respond to this Court=s notice, is of the opinion that the appeal should be dismissed for want of jurisdiction.  The appeal is hereby DISMISSED FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION.

PER CURIAM

Do not publish.

Tex. R. App. P. 47.3.

Opinion delivered and filed this

the 24th day of October, 2002.