Leal v. City of Rosenberg

BRIAN QUINN, Justice.

Pending before the Court is the motion of the City of Rosenberg (City) to dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. Jurisdiction is allegedly non-existent because the motion for new trial filed by appellant Mary L. Leal (Leal) purportedly failed to extend the period within which to perfect her appeal. Furthermore, the motion for new trial allegedly failed to extend the period because it was filed in the wrong cause or assigned the wrong cause number. We deny the motion.

According to the record, the summary judgment from which appeal was taken was originally entered in…