Legal Opinion
Gonzalez v. Sanchez
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided July 11, 1996No. 08-96-00151-CCPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Appellant, Constancia Gonzalez, appeals a default judgment entered in favor of appel-lee, Antonio Sanchez. Pending before the court is Gonzalez’s motion to deem appeal timely perfected. The motion is denied and the appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
PROCEDURAL FACTS
Sanchez brought a negligence action against Gonzalez to recover compensatory and punitive damages in connection with injuries received in an automobile accident. The trial court entered a default judgment against Gonzalez on November 16, 1995 in the sum of $80,000. On January 30, 1996, Gonzalez filed an unsworn…
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