




Becker v. State



COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS

)
LESSIE GRIFFIN,)
		    No. 08-02-00335-CV

)
			Appellant,)
			Appeal from

)
v.)
		      Count Court at Law

)
STEPHEN RANDOLPH GRIFFIN,)
		of Midland County, Texas

)
			Appellee.)
		       (TC# FM-32,845)


MEMORANDUM OPINION


	Pending before the Court is the joint motion of Appellant, Lessie Griffin, and Appellee,
Stephen Randolph Griffin, to dismiss this appeal pursuant to Tex.R.App.P. 42.1, which states that:
	(a) On Motion or By Agreement.  The appellate court may dispose of an appeal as
follows:

		(1) On Motion of Appellant.  In accordance with a motion of appellant, the
court may dismiss the appeal or affirm the appealed judgment or order unless
disposition would prevent a party from seeking relief to which it would
otherwise be entitled.

		(2) By Agreement.  In accordance with an agreement signed by the parties or
their attorneys and filed with the clerk, the court may:

			(A) render judgment effectuating the parties' agreements;

			(B) set aside the trial court's judgment without regard to the merits
and remand the case to the trial court for rendition of judgment in
accordance with the agreements; or

			(C) abate the appeal and permit proceedings in the trial court to
effectuate the agreement.

	By their motion, Appellant and Appellees voluntarily request dismissal of the appeal because
the parties have settled all matters in controversy.  The motion is granted and the appeal is dismissed
with prejudice.  The motion to dismiss does not specify an agreement regarding the payment of costs.
Absent an agreement, costs are taxed against Appellant.  See Tex.R.App.P. 42.1(d)(absent agreement
of the parties, the court will tax costs against the appellant).


October 16, 2003					 
							ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice

Before Panel No. 2
Barajas, C.J., McClure, and Chew, JJ.
