NUMBERS

 13-05-621-CV

 13-06-009-CV

                         COURT OF APPEALS

               THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                  CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

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AVERY LOUIS McADAMS, ET AL.,                            Appellants,

                                           v.

UNION GAS CORP, ET AL.,                                       Appellees.

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                  On appeal from the 24th  District Court

                           of Victoria County, Texas.

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                     MEMORANDUM OPINION

                 Before Justices Hinojosa, Yañez, and Garza

                       Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

Cross-appellants, AVERY LOUIS McADAMS, NEVA BILLO McADAMS, ROBERT BILLO McADAMS, MATTIE NELL McADAMS DIEBEL, LEA EMILIA McADAMS FOSSATI, MARLON BRYAN McADAMS, AND JAMIE RAY McADAMS, perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the 24th District Court of Victoria County, Texas, in cause number 01-12-57,427-A.  After the record was filed, cross-appellants filed a motion to dismiss their cross-appeal.  Cross-appellants state that they no longer wish to prosecute their appeal.  Cross-appellants= appeal is severed from the original appeal and is docketed under cause number 13-06-009-CV.

Having considered cross-appellants= motion to dismiss their appeal and the documents on file, this Court is of the opinion that the motion should be granted.  The motion to dismiss cross-appellants= appeal is hereby granted.  The appeal in cause number 13-06-009-CV is ordered DISMISSED.  The remaining issues in the appeal will remain docketed under cause number 13-05-621-CV.

PER CURIAM

Memorandum Opinion delivered and filed this

the 12th day of January, 2006.