                           NUMBER 13-08-00531-CV

                           COURT OF APPEALS

                 THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                   CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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JOSE R. CARRERAS, M. D.,                                                  Appellant,

                                          v.

JOSE VILLARREAL AND SONIA VILLARREAL,              Appellees.
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             On appeal from the 206th District Court
                    of Hidalgo County, Texas.
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                        MEMORANDUM OPINION

                  Before Justices Yañez, Garza, and Vela
                    Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

      Appellant perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the 206th District Court

of Hidalgo County, Texas, in cause number C-2374-07-D.         Appellant has filed an

unopposed motion to dismiss the appeal. Appellant requests that this Court dismiss the

appeal.
       The Court, having considered the documents on file and appellant’s unopposed

motion to dismiss the appeal, is of the opinion that the motion should be granted. See TEX .

R. APP. P. 42.1(a). Appellant’s 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 appellant’s request, no motion for rehearing will be entertained, and our

mandate will issue forthwith.



                                                  PER CURIAM

Memorandum Opinion delivered and
filed this the 15th day of January, 2009.




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