ACCEPTED 09-17-00380-CV NINTH COURT OF APPEALS BEAUMONT, TEXAS 12/13/2017 10:51 AM CAROL ANNE HARLEY CLERK No. 09-17-00380-CV _______________________________________________ FILED IN 9th COURT OF APPEALS IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE BEAUMONT, TEXAS NINTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS 12/13/2017 10:51:19 AM BEAUMONT, TEXAS CAROL ANNE HARLEY _________________________________________________Clerk WMJ INVESTMENT CORP., Appellant, v. EXXONMOBIL PIPELINE COMPANY, Appellee _________________________________________________ On Appeal from Cause No. CV1509418 th Judicial District Court of Liberty County, Texas Honorable Mark Morefield, Presiding Judge ___________________________________________________________ UNOPPOSED MOTION TO ABATE ____________________________________________________________________ Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 10.1(a), Appellant, WMJ Investment Corp., files this Unopposed Motion to Abate and would respectfully show as follows: I.

This appeal arises from a final summary judgment. However, the Parties recently reached a tentative settlement agreement, and Appellant respectfully requests abatement of this appeal for 60 days to afford the Parties sufficient time to conclude their settlement agreement before seeking dismissal.

DOCS #1459781 PRAYER WHEREFORE PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant, WMJ Investment Corp., prays this Court grant its Unopposed Motion to Abate for 60 days.

Respectfully submitted, GERMER PLLC By: /s/ Charles W. Goehringer, Jr. Charles W. Goehringer, Jr. State Bar No. 00793817 [email protected] Kelli B. Smith State Bar No. 24008053 [email protected] Sonny E. Eckhart State Bar No. 24082947 [email protected] P. O. Box 4915 Beaumont, TX 77704-4915 (409) 654-6700 – Telephone (409) 835-2115 – Facsimile ATTORNEYS FOR WMJ INVESTMENTS CORP.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE In accordance with the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, I certify that on the th day of December, 2017, I conferred with opposing counsel regarding the relief requested in this motion and it is unopposed.

/s/ Charles W. Goehringer, Jr. Charles W. Goehringer, Jr.

DOCS #1459781 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE In accordance with the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, I certify that on the th day of December, 2017, a true and correct copy of the foregoing Motion was served on all counsel of record using the Court’s electronic filing system and/or as follows: Mr. Utsav Mathur VIA ELECTRONIC FILING NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP 1301 McKinney, Suite 5100 Houston, Texas 77010-3095

/s/ Charles W. Goehringer, Jr. Charles W. Goehringer, Jr.

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