Jackson v. Yowell

Tom Glaze, Justice.

On May 22, 1986, appellee brought suit against appellants seeking, among other things, to set aside certain deeds and to quiet title in the mineral estate described in the deeds. After appellants filed their answer, little, and then no, activity occurred in the lawsuit, so the trial court dismissed the case for want of prosecution on January 2,1990, pursuant to the court’s standing order dated January 2, 1987. The trial court, however, ordered appellee’s case reinstated on January 25,1990. The appellants then moved to vacate the restatement order pursuant to ARCP 41(b),…