COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS

GERARD MORRISON and § No. 08-23-00044-CV BARBARA MORRISON, § Appeal from the Appellants, § County Court at Law v. § of Bastrop County, Texas THE LEGACY REALTY, § (TC# 22-21581) Appellee.

MEMORANDUM OPINION This appeal is before the Court on its own motion to determine whether it should be dismissed. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3. 1 Finding that Appellants have failed to file a brief or a motion for extension of time to file the brief, we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution.

On April 6, 2023, the Clerk of this Court notified Appellants by letter that the brief was past due and no motion for extension of time had been filed. The letter advised Appellants that the Court intended to dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution unless Appellants responded within ten days and showed grounds for continuing the appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8(a)(1). Appellants

This case was transferred from the Third Court of Appeals pursuant to a docket equalization order issued by the Supreme Court of Texas. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 73.001. We follow the precedent of the Third Court of Appeals to the extent it might conflict with our own. See TEX. R. APP. P. 41.3. have not filed the brief, an extension motion, or any response to the Court’s inquiry. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8(a)(1); 42.3(b), (c).

GINA M. PALAFOX, Justice April 21, 2023 Before Rodriguez, C.J., Palafox, and Soto, J.J.