COURT OF APPEALS

                                                    EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                                               EL PASO, TEXAS

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                                                                              )            No.  08-02-00173-CV

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                                                                              )                 Appeal from the

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF             )

HELEN GREATHOUSE, Deceased,                     )           County Court at Law #2

                                                                              )

                                                                              )         of Midland County, Texas

                                                                              )

                                          )                  (TC# P13279)

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MEMORANDUM   OPINION

Pending before the Court is the Appellant=s  motion to dismiss this appeal pursuant to Tex.R.App.P. 42.1(a)(2), which states:

(a) The appellate court may dispose of an appeal as follows:

.               .               .

(2)        in accordance with a motion of appellant to dismiss the appeal or affirm the appealed judgment or order; but no party may be prevented from seeking any relief to which it would otherwise be entitled.

Appellant has complied with the requirements of Rule 42.1(a)(2).  The Court has considered this cause on the Appellant=s motion and concludes the motion should be granted and the appeal should be dismissed with prejudice.  We therefore dismiss the appeal.

January 16, 2003

DAVID WELLINGTON CHEW, Justice

Before Panel No. 3

Barajas, C.J., Larsen, and Chew, JJ.