City of Irving v. Lesley

GUITTARD, Chief Justice.

We previously directed our clerk to file this appeal on the ground that a document styled “Direction to the Clerk to Prepare Transcript” could be considered a “notice of appeal” under Rule 354(c) of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. City of Irving v. Lesley, 590 S.W.2d 834 (Tex.Civ.App. — Dallas 1979, no writ). Since that opinion was rendered, the supreme court has reached a different conclusion in Texas Animal Health Commission v. Nunley, 598 S.W.2d 233 (1980). In that case the court held that Rule 354(c) requires a notice of appeal to be a separate paper filed with…