NUMBER 13-02-272-CV

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                CORPUS CHRISTI

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DKW ENERGY, INC.,                                                             Appellant,

                                                   v.

BLUE CREEK RANCH COMPANY, LLC,                                     Appellee.

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                         On appeal from the 23rd  District Court

                                 of Wharton County, Texas.

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                                   O P I N I O N

                    Before Justices Dorsey, Hinojosa, and Rodriguez

Opinion Per Curiam

This cause is before the Court on the notice of appeal and appellant=s motion to dismiss the appeal.  In the motion, appellant states that the judgment in this cause is not final and that the appeal was filed prematurely.  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Do not publish.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 18th day of July, 2002.