In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ____________________ NO. 09-13-00304-CV ____________________ CITY OF JASPER, TEXAS, Appellant V. MARY LEWIS, Appellee _______________________________________________________ ______________ On Appeal from the 1st District Court Jasper County, Texas Trial Cause No. 32664 ________________________________________________________ _____________ MEMORANDUM OPINION The appellant, the City of Jasper, Texas, has requested that its accelerated appeal be dismissed because the underlying case has settled. The request is voluntarily made by the appellant prior to any decision of this Court. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.1(a)(1). No other party filed notice of appeal. We grant the request and dismiss the appeal.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

________________________________ DAVID GAULTNEY Justice Opinion Delivered September 5, 2013 Before McKeithen, C.J., Gaultney and Kreger, JJ.