NUMBER 13-25-00118-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG ____________________________________________________________ FILEGONIA SITE CONTRACTORS, LLC, Appellant, v. GRESLIM CONSTRUCTION, LLC AND HELLAS CONSTRUCTION, INC., Appellees. ____________________________________________________________ ON APPEAL FROM THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 4 OF HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS ____________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Tijerina and Justices West and Fonseca Memorandum Opinion by Justice West This matter is before the Court on its own motion. On February 28, 2025, appellant attempted to appeal an order or judgment entered on December 4, 2024, in trial court cause number CL-21-3361-D. On March 6, 2025, the Clerk of the Court notified appellant that the notice of appeal was not timely filed. The Clerk of the Court also notified appellant that if the defect was not corrected within ten days from the date of the notice, the appeal would be dismissed. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a). On May 19, 2025, the Clerk of the Court again notified appellant that the notice of appeal was not timely filed, and the appellant was further notified that if the defect was not corrected within ten days from the date of the notice, the appeal would be dismissed. See id. Appellant has failed to respond to the notice or demonstrate that the appeal was timely perfected. We are to construe the rules of appellate procedure reasonably and liberally so that the right to appeal is not lost by imposing requirements not absolutely necessary to effectuate the purpose of a rule. See Verburgt v.Dorner, 959 S.W.2d 615, 616-17 (Tex. 1997). Furthermore, we are prohibited from enlarging the scope of our jurisdiction by enlarging the time for perfecting an appeal in a civil case in a manner not provided for by rule. See Tex. R. App. P. 2; In re T.W., 89 S.W.3d 641, 642 (Tex. App.– Amarillo 2002, no pet.).

Appellant’s notice of appeal was untimely; therefore, we lack jurisdiction over the appeal. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a).

JON WEST Justice

Delivered and filed on the 3rd day of July, 2025.