Joe Kessling D/B/A Kessling Services v. Ricardo Venegas Jr., Crystal A. Ortiz, and Encanto Envestments, LLC

NUMBER 13-25-00601-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG

JOE KESSLING
D/B/A KESSLING SERVICES, Appellant,

v.

RICARDO VENEGAS JR.,
CRYSTAL A. ORTIZ, AND
ENCANTO ENVESTMENTS, LLC, Appellees.

ON APPEAL FROM THE 148TH DISTRICT COURT
OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS

MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Chief Justice Tijerina and Justices Peña and West
Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Tijerina

This cause is before the Court on its own motion. On November 11, 2025, appellant

filed a notice of appeal attempting to appeal an order granting defendant Encanto

Envestments, LLC’s motion for partial summary judgment in trial court cause number
2024-DCV-0018-E. On November 12, 2025, the Clerk of the Court notified appellant that

it appears the order he is attempting to appeal is unappealable. Appellant was further

notified that if the defect was not cured within ten days, the appeal would be dismissed.

See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3. Appellant has failed to respond to the notice or otherwise cure

the defect.

Upon review of the documents before us, we are of the opinion that the order

appellant attempted to appeal is unappealable, and appellant has failed to correct the

defect. Absent an appealable interlocutory order or final judgment, this Court has no

jurisdiction over this appeal. See Ogletree v. Matthews, 262 W.S.3d 316, 319 n. 1 (Tex.

2007); Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 205 (Tex. 2001). Having considered

the documents on file and appellant’s failure to correct the jurisdictional defect in this

matter, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a).

JAIME TIJERINA
Chief Justice

Delivered and filed on the
26th day of February, 2026.

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