COURT OF APPEALS

                                       SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                                   FORT WORTH

                                        NO. 2-06-029-CV

DARRELL DODD                                                                  APPELLANT

                                                   V.

EQUITY BANK F/K/A FRANKLIN NATIONAL BANK                        APPELLEE

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               FROM THE 271^ST DISTRICT COURT OF WISE COUNTY

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                  MEMORANDUM OPINION^[1] AND JUDGMENT

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We have considered appellant=s AMotion To Dismiss Appeal Pursuant To Settlement.@  It is the court=s opinion that the motion should be granted; therefore, we dismiss the appeal.  See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.1(a)(1), 43.2(f).

Costs of the appeal shall be paid by the party incurring the same, for which let execution issue.

PER CURIAM

PANEL D:   GARDNER, WALKER, and MCCOY, JJ.

DELIVERED:  March 16, 2006