Legal Opinion
Brewer v. Taylor
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided September 21, 1987No. 05-86-00713-CVPublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HECHT, Justice.
Freddie Louis Brewer, an inmate in the Texas Department of Corrections, filed this malpractice action pro se against his criminal defense attorney, L.C. Taylor. Although Brewer announced ready for trial, he failed to appear at the appointed time because he was not at liberty to quit his place of confinement. The district court dismissed Brewer’s action for want of prosecution and denied his motion to reinstate, which Brewer complains was an abuse of discretion. We disagree with Brewer, overrule his two points of error, and affirm the judgment.
Brewer filed this action pro se on…
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