Stolte v. County of Guadalupe

OPINION

Opinion by:

SARAH B. DUNCAN, Justice.

The issue before us is whether this court has jurisdiction over this permissive interlocutory appeal in the absence of the timely-filed application for permission to appeal contemplated by section 51.014(f) of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code. We hold that, if a timely-filed application to appeal is jurisdictional, this jurisdictional requirement is subject to the motion for extension of time provided in Rule 26.3(b), Tex.R.App. P., and the implied motion for extension of time recognized in Verburgt v. Domer, 959 S.W.2d 615 (Tex.1997). We…