Claxton v. (Upper) Lake Fork Water Control & Improvement District No. 1

*540OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice MORRISS.

In this dispute concerning drainage of a lake, two different judgments were signed, the first apparently signed July 12, 2002, favoring Ray and Carol Claxton, and the second signed July 19, 2006, favoring (Upper) Lake Fork Water Control and Improvement District No. 1. The Claxtons appeal from the 2006 judgment. Because we determine that the 2002 judgment became the final judgment in this case, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

In order to explain our analysis, we provide a chronology of the lawsuit, including two substantial periods of…