Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2010

Martin B. Smith, Toni E. Smith, and Martha A. Smith v. Law Office of Dale A. Burrows, P.C. and JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Martin B. Smith, Toni E. Smith, and Martha A. Smith v. Law Office of Dale A. Burrows, P.C. and JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided October 14, 2010

Martin B. Smith, Toni E. Smith, and Martha A. Smith v. Law Office of Dale A. Burrows, P.C. and JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Opinion

COURT OF APPEALS SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH NO. 02-10-00113-CV

MARTIN B. SMITH, TONI APPELLANTS E. SMITH, AND MARTHA A. SMITH V. LAW OFFICE OF DALE APPELLEES A. BURROWS, P.C., AND JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

------------ FROM THE 158TH DISTRICT COURT OF DENTON COUNTY ------------ MEMORANDUM OPINION1 ------------ On January 29, 2010, the trial court signed a post-judgment garnishment to collect on a summary judgment entered in favor of Appellee Law Office of Dale A. Burrows. Appellants Martin B. Smith, Toni E. Smith, and Martha Smith thereafter timely filed a motion for new trial and a notice of appeal in both the See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4. underlying summary judgment case2 and this garnishment case. Appellants filed appellate briefs in both cases. In the summary judgment case, which is being disposed of today in a separate opinion, we reversed the trial court’s summary judgment and remanded the case to the trial court for further proceedings.

Here, after Appellants filed their appellate brief, arguing in four issues that the trial court erred by granting the garnishment, Appellee filed a two-page response stating that it had “agreed to a reversal of the trial court’s summary judgment in favor of Appellee and a remand of the case to the trial court for further proceedings” and that because “[a] reversal of the summary judgment would necessitate a reversal of the garnishment as well,” “Appellee, therefore, agrees to a reversal and remand of this case.” Based on our disposition in the summary judgment case and Appellee’s agreement to a reversal of the garnishment judgment, we also reverse the trial court’s judgment of garnishment and remand it to the trial court for further proceedings. See Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(d); see also Graham Gen. Hosp. v. Phillips, No. 02-03-00231-CV, 2003 WL 22251455, at *1 (Tex. App.––Fort Worth Oct. 2, 2003, no pet.) (mem. op.) (reversing and remanding upon parties’ agreed motion to reverse and remand).

SUE WALKER JUSTICE PANEL: LIVINGSTON, C.J.; WALKER and GABRIEL, JJ.

The appeal from the summary judgment was docketed as case number 02-10-00112-CV.

DELIVERED: October 14, 2010

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