Graves v. George Dullnig & Co.

ON MOTION TO DISMISS APPEAL

Appellees seek an order dismissing appellants’ appeal because of appellants’ failure to comply with the provisions of Tex.R. Civ.P. Rule 354(b) to the effect that counsel for appellant shall promptly give to counsel for appellee notice by mail of the filing of the appeal bond or certificate of deposit in lieu of bond. Appellees insist that this requirement is jurisdictional. We disagree.

The amendments to our rules of procedure, which became effective on January 1, 1976, were clearly intended to facilitate appeals by eliminating requirements which had become, in…