Filed 11/20/2015 11:04:24 AM Esther Degollado District Clerk Webb District Ana Hernandez NO. 2014-CV-7001705-D2 2014CV7001705D2

NORTHTOWN DEVELOPMENT, INC. § IN THE DISTRICT COURT FILED IN And GATEWAY CENTENNIAL § 4th COURT OF APPEALS DEVELOPMENT, CO. (Successors-in- § SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS Interest to Trautmann Investment § 11/20/2015 3:08:34 PM Properties, Ltd.), § KEITH E. HOTTLE Plaintiffs § Clerk § V. § 111TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT § CIT YOF LAREDO, § Defendant § WEBB COUNTY, TEXAS NOTICE OF INTERLOCUTORY APPEAL MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT: NOW COMES DEFENDANT CITY OF LAREDO and files this Notice of Appeal from the trial court’s Order dated November 12, 2015, pursuant to Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code §51.014(a)(8) and would respectfully show the Court the following: Defendant hereby appeals this Court’s denying of Defendant’s plea to the jurisdiction as detailed in the 111th Judicial District’s order signed on November 12, 2015 (Exhibit A) to the Fourth Court of Appeals, San Antonio, Texas. This notice was filed prior to the deadline for filing this Notice of Appeal, which is twenty (20) days from the date the trial court signed the challenged order.

Pursuant to Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem Code §51.014(b), this interlocutory appeal stays the commencement of trial in this case and all other proceedings. The City’s plea was filed pursuant to the court’s scheduling order.

Filed 11/20/2015 11:04:24 AM Esther Degollado District Clerk Webb District Ana Hernandez 2014CV7001705D2

EXHIBIT A Filed 11/20/2015 11:04:24 AM Esther Degollado District Clerk Webb District Ana Hernandez 2014CV7001705D2

EXHIBIT A