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<STRONG><CENTER>NO. 03-0<A NAME="1">0</A>-00<A NAME="2">049</A>-CV</CENTER>
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<STRONG></STRONG><CENTER><A NAME="3">McRae Drilling, Inc.</A>, Appellant</CENTER>


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<P><STRONG><CENTER>v.</CENTER>
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<P><STRONG><CENTER><A NAME="4">Trinidad Petroleum, Inc.</A>, Appellee</CENTER>
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<SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><STRONG><CENTER>FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF <A NAME="5">HAYS</A> COUNTY, <A NAME="6">274TH</A> JUDICIAL DISTRICT</CENTER>
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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><STRONG><CENTER>NO. <A NAME="7">98-1161</A>, HONORABLE <A NAME="8">GARY L. STEEL</A>, JUDGE PRESIDING </STRONG></SPAN><STRONG></CENTER>
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PER CURIAM

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<P>	Appellee has filed an unopposed motion to dismiss appeal.  Because appellant has
failed to pay filing fees and to file a brief, we will grant appellee's motion and dismiss the appeal
for want of prosecution.  <EM>See</EM> Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(a)(1), 42.3(b), (c).</P>

<P>	The Clerk of this Court filed the clerk's record in this cause on January 20, 2000,
and the reporter's record on February 24, 2000.  Accordingly, appellant's brief was due on
Monday, March 27, 2000.  <EM>See id.</EM> 38.6(a).</P>

<P>	By letter dated April 10, 2000, the Clerk of this Court notified the parties that the
filing fees for this appeal were due and that the appeal would be dismissed if these fees were not
paid by April 17, 2000.  By letter dated April 12, the Clerk of this Court notified the parties that
the appeal was subject to dismissal for want of prosecution unless appellant filed a brief by
April&nbsp;27, 2000, or tendered a motion for extension of time reasonably explaining the failure to
do so.  Thus far, appellant has submitted neither the filing fees, a brief, nor a motion for
extension of time to file a brief.</P>

<P>	On May 3, 2000, Appellee filed an unopposed motion to dismiss this appeal for
want of prosecution pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(b), (c).  We grant appellee's motion and
dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution.  <EM>See id.</EM> 42.3(b), (c).</P>

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<P>Before Chief Justice Aboussie, Justices Kidd and Smith</P>

<P>Dismissed for Want of Prosecution on Appellee's Motion</P>

<P>Filed:   May 25, 2000 </P>

<P>Do Not Publish</P>

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