Dismissed and Opinion filed December 31, 2002.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-02-01133-CV

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AUTO ONE ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION

and NARVIE PHILLIPS, Appellants

V.

REPUBLIC NATIONAL BANK, N.A.

and MRD INVESTMENTS, INC., Appellees

On Appeal from the 215th District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 01-04543

M E M O R A N D U M   O P I N I O N

            This is an appeal from a judgment signed July 5, 2002.  On December 19, 2002, the parties filed a joint motion to dismiss the appeal in order to effectuate a compromise and settlement agreement.  See Tex. R. App. P. 42.1.  The motion is granted.

            Accordingly, the appeal is ordered dismissed. 

                                                                                    PER CURIAM

Judgment rendered and Opinion filed December 31, 2002.

Panel consists of Justices Edelman, Seymore, and Guzman.

Do Not Publish — Tex. R. App. P. 47.3(b).