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*0 FILED IN 1st COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 5/13/2015 11:53:36 AM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk *1 ACCEPTED 01-15-00436-CV Filed: 5/8/2015 4:13:47 PM FIRST COURT OF APPEALS JOHN D. KINARD - District Clerk HOUSTON, TEXAS Galveston County, Texas 5/13/2015 11:53:36 AM Envelope No. 5218148 CHRISTOPHER PRINE By: Shailja Dixit CLERK 5/8/2015 4:17:22 PM CAUSE NO. 14CV0490

PAUL AND CAROLYN HORN, MIKE § IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF

AND LUCY STACY, PETE AND JUDY §

GARCIA AND JANICE FRANKIE §

§ GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS v. §

CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD and § 212 TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

MAYOR KEVIN M. HOLLAND §

DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF APPEAL

The City of Friendswood and Kevin Holland, Defendants in the above numbered

matter, file this Notice of Interlocutory Appeal pursuant to § 51.014(a)(8) and §

51.014(a)(5) of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, and desire to appeal the

District Court's April 20, 2015 Order denying Defendants’ Plea to the Jurisdiction and

Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss .

This is an accelerated appeal which will be taken to the 1st or 14th Court of

Appeals.

Respectfully submitted, CHAMBERLAIN, HRDLICKA WHITE WILLIAMS & AUGHTRY /s/William S. Helfand WILLIAM S. HELFAND SBOT # 09388250 CHARLES T. JEREMIAH SBOT # 00784338 1200 Smith Street, Suite1400 Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 654-9630 (713) 658-2553 Bill.helfand@chamberlainlaw.com Charles.jeremiah@chamberlainlaw.com *2 A TTORNEYS FOR D EFENDANT , C ITY OF F RIENDSWOOD , T EXAS CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing was forwarded in

accordance with the local rules, via facsimile, hand-delivery, and/or certified mail, return

receipt requested, on this 8 th day of May, 2015 to the following:

Aaron Pool

James T. Sunosky

Donato Minx Brown & Pool, PC

3200 Southwest Freeway, Suite 2300

Houston, Texas 77027

/s/ William S. Helfand 1891224_1