NUMBER 13-10-00167-CV

                                 COURT OF APPEALS

                     THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                         CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

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CEDARCIDE INDUSTRIES, INC.,                                               Appellant,

                                                             v.

MELINDA POOLE,                                                                          Appellee.

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                             On appeal from the 9th District Court

                                  of Montgomery County, Texas.

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                               MEMORANDUM OPINION

                     Before Justices Yañez, Garza, and Benavides

Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, Cedarcide Industries, Inc., perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the 9th District Court of Montgomery County, Texas, in cause number 06-10-10512-CV.  The parties have filed a joint motion to dismiss the appeal on grounds that the parties have reached an agreement to settle and compromise its differences in this appeal.  The parties request that this Court dismiss the appeal. 

The Court, having considered the documents on file and the joint motion to dismiss, is of the opinion that the motion should be granted.  See Tex. R. App. P. 42.1(a).  The joint motion to dismiss is granted, and the appeal is hereby DISMISSED. 

The parties request that the Court order the bond released. The motion is GRANTED.  We order the trial court to release appellant’s bond.  Costs will be taxed against appellant. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.1(d) ("Absent agreement of the parties, the court will tax costs against the appellant.").  Having dismissed the appeal at the parties= request, no motion for rehearing will be entertained, and our mandate will issue forthwith.

PER CURIAM

Delivered and filed the  

8th day of July, 2010.