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<STRONG><CENTER>NO. 03-9<A NAME="1">9</A>-00<A NAME="2">284</A>-CV</CENTER>
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<STRONG></STRONG><CENTER><A NAME="3">Bobby E. Haley</A>, Appellant</CENTER>


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<P><STRONG><CENTER>v.</CENTER>
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<P><STRONG><CENTER><A NAME="4">Associates Commercial Corporation</A>, Appellee</CENTER>
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<SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><STRONG><CENTER>FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF <A NAME="5">BELL</A> COUNTY, <A NAME="6">169TH</A> JUDICIAL DISTRICT</CENTER>
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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><STRONG><CENTER>NO. <A NAME="7">172,363-C</A>, HONORABLE <A NAME="8">SUE BARTON LYKES</A>, JUDGE PRESIDING</STRONG></SPAN><STRONG></CENTER>
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PER CURIAM

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<P>	Because there is no final judgment from the trial court in this matter, we will
dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.  <EM>See</EM> Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a).</P>

<P>	Appellant submitted his Notice of Appeal to the trial court on May 7, 1999.  By
letter dated July 9, 1999, this Court notified all parties that it did not appear that a final judgment
existed in this matter, and that appellant was requested to obtain a final judgment from the trial
court and submit same to this office by August 19, 1999.  Thus far, appellant has failed to
respond.</P>

<P>	On September 17, 1999, the district clerk's office of Bell County informed the
Clerk's Office of this Court that the case had been abated on March 19, 1999, and that the
abatement remains in effect.</P>

<P>	Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction on our own motion.</P>

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<P>Before Justices Jones, Kidd and Patterson</P>

<P>Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction</P>

<P>Filed:   September 23, 1999</P>

<P>Do Not Publish</P>

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