COURT OF APPEALS

EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

EL PASO, TEXAS

EUGENE JESSE ALESHIRE and TREE OF         )

LIFE, INC.,                                                           )               No.  08-03-00367-CV

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Appellants,                         )                    Appeal from the

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v.                                                                           )                  41st District Court

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ALEJANDRO DE SANTIAGO,                           )            of El Paso County, Texas

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Appellee.                           )                   (TC# 2001-2208)

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MEMORANDUM  OPINION

Pending before the Court is the Appellant=s motion to dismiss this appeal.  Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 42.1(a)(1) states:

(a)        On Motion or By Agreement.  The appellate court may dispose of an appeal as follows:

(1)        On Motion of Appellant.  In accordance with a motion of appellant, the court may dismiss the appeal or affirm the appealed judgment or order unless disposition would prevent a party from seeking relief to which it would otherwise be entitled.

Tex.R.App.P. 42.1(a)(1).

Appellants have complied with the requirements of Rule 42.1(a)(1).  Appellants represent to the Court that on January 2, 2004, the controversy between the parties ended when the parties entered into a settlement agreement.  Further, Appellants inform the Court that this action disposed of all issues made the basis of this appeal.  Appellants request that this Court dismiss the appeal and release the security.  We have considered this cause on Appellants= motion and conclude that the motion should be granted and the appeal should be dismissed.  We therefore dismiss the appeal and order that Appellants are released from their obligations on the supersedeas bond.

February 12, 2004

DAVID WELLINGTON CHEW, Justice

Before Panel No. 2

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