MacArangal v. Andrews

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

ROSENBERG, Justice.

OPINION

In this original proceeding, relators seek a writ of mandamus directing the trial *633court to vacate an order reinstating a cause dismissed for want of prosecution. Rela-tors contend that the trial court signed the order of reinstatement after its plenary jurisdiction had expired and, therefore, that the order of reinstatement was void. We disagree, and, accordingly, we deny rela-tors’ petition for writ of mandamus.

Real-parties-in-interest William Max Schmidt, an employee of Continental Airlines, and his wife, Jo Ann…