Villarreal v. Zukowsky, 54 S.W.3d 926 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2001, no pet.).
The appellate court examined the language in the lower court’s order
regarding the construction of a will and determined that it did not have
jurisdiction over the appeal. The court deemed the order interlocutory
in nature even though it contained a “Mother Hubbard” clause and was
called a “final” judgment. The judgment did not actually dispose of all
the claims before the court and thus was merely interlocutory.
Moral: Before appealing a lower court’s judgment, make sure the judgment
is actually final.