Trumbo v. Parsley

PALMORE, Judge.

This suit was filed by the appellants on December 30, 1966. Their appeal is from a judgment entered on March 4, 1969, dismissing the complaint for want of prosecution. CR 41.02. The question is whether the trial court abused its discretion. The chronology of events was as follows:

December 30, I960. Complaint filed, alleging that plaintiffs were the owners and in possession of a 500-acre tract of land in Laurel County, that a condemnation award had been made in the county court, that the defendants were making some sort of claim to it, and that their claim was unfounded and cast…