Nuchia v. Woodruff

OPINION ON REHEARING

O’NEILL, Justcie.

Appellants, Chief of Police Sam Nuchia and the City of Houston (hereinafter collectively “the City”), appeal the trial court’s order of dismissal for want of jurisdiction granted on motion of appellee, James B. Woodruff (“Woodruff”). Woodruff filed a motion to dismiss the appeal based upon the City’s failure to timely file the transcript, and raised three conditional cross-points. In response to Woodruff’s motion to dismiss, the City acknowledged it did not extend the appellate timetable by filing a motion for new trial or motion to modify after the…