In The

                                                Court of Appeals

                        Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

                                                ______________________________

                                                             No. 06-10-00109-CV

                                                ______________________________

       RALPH WHITLEY, D/B/A RALPH WHITLEY BUILDERS, Appellant

                                                                V.

            BRENDA SKINNER, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF

THE ESTATE OF CHRIS SKINNER, AND AS NEXT FRIEND OF

KRYSTAL SKINNER AND AARON ABUNDIZ, ET AL., Appellees

                                       On Appeal from the 196th Judicial District Court

                                                              Hunt County, Texas

                                                            Trial Court No. 72,378

                                          Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ.

                                        Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Morriss

                                                     MEMORANDUM  OPINION

            Appellant, Ralph Whitley, d/b/a Ralph Whitley Builders, has represented to this Court that the parties have reached a full and final settlement.  In such a case, no real controversy exists, and in the absence of a controversy, the appeal is moot.

            We dismiss this appeal.

                                                                        Josh R. Morriss, III

                                                                        Chief Justice

Date Submitted:          March 3, 2011

Date Decided:             March 4, 2011