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Loren Brewer v. Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Schlumberge, N v. A/K/A Schlumberger Limited and Jose Salazar Jr.
04-16-00519-CV
| Tex. App. | Feb 22, 2017
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*1 Fourth Court of Appeals

San Antonio, Texas February 22, 2017 No. 04-16-00519-CV Loren BREWER , Appellant v.

SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION , Schlumberge, N.V. a/k/a

Schlumberger Limited and Jose Salazar Jr.,

Appellees From the 79th Judicial District Court, Jim Wells County, Texas

Trial Court No. 14-09-53692-CV Honorable Richard C. Terrell, Judge Presiding

O R D E R Sitting: Marialyn Barnard, Justice

Rebeca C. Martinez, Justice

Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice

Appellees contend that because Rig Relocators, LLC and Rig Relocators were never served, the trial court’s May 13, 2016 summary judgment orders were final, and Brewer’s notice of appeal, which was filed August 12, 2016, was untimely because his motion for new trial was untimely. Thus, appellees agree the appeal should be dismissed for want of jurisdiction, but because Brewer’s notice of appeal is untimely, not because the judgments are interlocutory.

After reviewing the record, it appears there is a fact question as to whether service upon Rig Relocators, LLC and Rig Relocators was effective and proper. It is not within the purview of this court to determine questions of fact. Accordingly, we GRANT appellees’ motion for rehearing, WITHDRAW our opinion and judgment of January 11, 2017, and ORDER the appeal REINSTATED . We ORDER the appeal ABATED and REMANDED to the trial court for that court to hold a hearing on or before March 24, 2017 to determine whether Rig Relocators, LLC and Rig Relocators were properly served and therefore, are defendants in the matter below. We ORDER the trial court, after the hearing, to prepare findings of fact and conclusions of law on the service issue. We ORDER the district clerk to prepare a supplemental clerk’s record including the trial court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law and file it in this court on or before April 10, 2017 . We ORDER the court reporter to prepare a record of the *2 hearing on the service issue and file it in this court on or before April 10, 2017 . All other deadlines are abated until further order of this court.

We order the clerk of this court to serve a copy of this order on the trial court, all counsel, the district clerk, and the court reporter.

_________________________________ Marialyn Barnard, Justice IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 22nd day of February, 2017.

___________________________________ Keith E. Hottle Clerk of Court

Case Details

Case Name: Loren Brewer v. Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Schlumberge, N v. A/K/A Schlumberger Limited and Jose Salazar Jr.
Court Name: Court of Appeals of Texas
Date Published: Feb 22, 2017
Docket Number: 04-16-00519-CV
Court Abbreviation: Tex. App.
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