                                      In The

                                Court of Appeals
                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                               NO. 09-17-00028-CV
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            IN THE ESTATE OF RUFUS JENNINGS HOLT
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               On Appeal from the County Court at Law
                        Orange County, Texas
                       Trial Cause No. P16967A
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                                      ORDER

      Appellant has filed a motion to abate this appeal, representing that the parties

have reached a settlement agreement and that, as soon as the parties can file the

appropriate motions in the trial court, appellant will file a motion to dismiss the

appeal. Accordingly, we grant the motion, abate the appeal, and permit proceedings

in the trial court to effectuate the parties’ agreement. See Tex. R. App. P.

42.1(a)(2)(C).

      The appeal shall be abated until the appellant files a motion to reinstate and

dismiss the appeal, which shall be accomplished by no later than May 14, 2018. If a



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motion is not filed by that date, the appeal will be reinstated and submitted to the

Court without oral argument.

      ORDER ENTERED March 14, 2018.

                                             PER CURIAM


Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.




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