The opinion
Opinion issued October 2, 2014
In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-14-00414-CV
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GILBERT CARRISALEZ, Appellant
V.
CARLOS BENITEZ D/B/A CIVIL JUDGMENT ENFORCEMENT
SERVICES, Appellee
On Appeal from the Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 2
Trial Court Case No. 867420-801
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant, Gilbert Carrisalez, filed a Notice of Appeal from an interlocutory
order denying his motion to dissolve a writ of garnishment. Appellee, Carlos
Benitez, filed a motion to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.
Texas appellate courts only have jurisdiction to review final judgments, and
interlocutory orders are appealable only if specified by statute. See Bison Bldg.
Materials, Ltd. v. Aldridge, 422 S.W.3d 582, 585 (Tex. 2012); Stary v. DeBord,
967 S.W.2d 352, 352-353 (Tex. 1998). Writs of garnishment are not classified as
injunctive orders, and therefore a party has no right of interlocutory appeal from an
order denying a motion to dissolve a writ of garnishment. Fogel v First
Republicbank Eldridge, N.A., Nos. C14-87-894-CV, A14-87-895-CV, 1987 WL
27079 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] December 10, 1987, no writ).
The order appealed from here is not a final judgment, and no statute allows
for an interlocutory appeal in this case. Id. Indeed, after Benitez moved to
dismiss, Carrisalez filed a response acknowledging that we lack jurisdiction.
Accordingly, we grant appellee’s motion to dismiss the appeal for lack of
jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a). We dismiss all pending motions as moot.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Massengale, Brown, and Huddle.
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