                             NUMBER 13-09-00669-CV

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                  THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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DAVID TORRES,                                                             APPELLANT,

                                            v.

CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,                           APPELLEE.
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           On appeal from the County Court at Law No. 2
                    of Nueces County, Texas.
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION
                Before Justices Rodriguez, Benavides, and Vela
                       Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

      Appellant, David Torres, perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the

County Court at Law No. 2 of Nueces County, Texas, in cause number 08-62172-2. The

parties have filed a joint motion to dismiss on grounds that the parties have reached a

final settlement of this cause. The parties request that this Court dismiss this case.
       The Court, having considered the documents on file and the joint motion to

dismiss, is of the opinion that the motion should be granted. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.1(a).

The joint motion to dismiss is granted, and the appeal is hereby DISMISSED. Costs will

be taxed against appellant. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.1(d) ("Absent agreement of the

parties, the court will tax costs against the appellant."). Having dismissed the appeal at

the parties= request, no motion for rehearing will be entertained, and our mandate will

issue forthwith.



                                                PER CURIAM

Delivered and filed the
29th day of July, 2010.




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