Matthew Andrew Garces v. 523 RE Group LLC
CourtTexas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Date FiledJune 24, 2026
Docket04-25-00693-CV
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
Fourth Court of Appeals
San Antonio, Texas
MEMORANDUM OPINION
No. 04-25-00693-CV
Matthew Andrew GARCES,
Appellant
v.
523 RE GROUP LLC,
Appellee
From the County Court at Law No. 3, Bexar County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2025-CV-06936
Honorable Cesar Garcia, Judge Presiding
PER CURIAM
Sitting: Rebeca C. Martinez, Chief Justice
Irene Rios, Justice
Velia J. Meza, Justice
Delivered and Filed: June 24, 2026
VACATED AND DISMISSED
This is an appeal from a judgment awarding possession in a forcible detainer action. The
issue of possession in a forcible detainer action becomes moot if the judgment is not superseded
timely, the appellant is no longer in possession, and the appellant does not have a potentially
meritorious claim of right to current, actual possession. See Wriston v. Hous. Auth. of the City of
San Antonio, No. 04-24-00240-CV, 2024 WL 3280916, at *1 (Tex. App.—San Antonio July 3,
2024, no pet.) (mem. op.). If a case is moot, we must dismiss the case for lack of jurisdiction. See
04-25-00693-CV
Briones v. Brazos Bend Villa Apts., 438 S.W.3d 808, 812 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2014,
no pet.).
In this case, we issued a show cause order, noting a writ of possession had issued, and
appellant had not filed a bond to supersede the judgment. We directed appellant to file a response
explaining why this case should not be dismissed. Appellant, acting pro se, filed a brief, which we
construe as his response, relating to the merits of the appeal. The response does not address the
issue of whether this appeal is moot.
“Judgment of possession in a forcible detainer action is not intended to be a final
determination of whether the eviction is wrongful; rather, it is a determination of the right to
immediate possession.” Marshall v. Hous. Auth. of City of San Antonio, 198 S.W.3d 782, 787 (Tex.
2006). When the issue of possession becomes moot we will therefore “vacate the trial court’s
judgment, and dismiss the case as moot.” Id. at 790.
Accordingly, we vacate the trial court’s judgment and dismiss the case as moot. See id.
PER CURIAM
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