COURT OF APPEALS

EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

EL PASO, TEXAS

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GERALD PATRICK O’CONOR,                      )                  No. 08-03-00364-CV

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                                    Appellant,                        )                             Appeal from

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v.                                                                          )                 County Court at Law No. 3

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MT. CHAPARRAL, L.C.,                                   )                  of El Paso County, Texas

WARREN KIRWIN, and                                    )

RUSSELL HANSON,                                 )                  (TC# 96-4563)

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                                    Appellees.                        )

MEMORANDUM OPINION

            Pending before the Court is a joint motion to dismiss the appeal filed pursuant to Tex.R.App.P. 42.1. The motion asserts that the parties have resolved their differences and both parties request dismissal. We grant the motion dismiss the appeal. The motion does not specify that the parties have reached an agreement regarding costs. Accordingly, costs are taxed against Appellant. See Tex.R.App.P. 42.1(d)(absent agreement of the parties, the court will tax costs against appellant).

January 13, 2005                                                        

                                                                                    ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice

Before Panel No. 2

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