Oehler v. Oehler

HUGHES, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment dismissing a suit brought by Chester A. Oeh-ler, appellant, against Carl A. Oehler for want of prosecution. The suit was filed October 4, 1960.

The statement of facts in this case reflects that this case was called for trial on March 27, 1967, and appellant announced that he was ready based on his motion for continuance filed the same day and handed to the trial judge with the statement by counsel for appellant that he would be ready for trial in the morning and requested the court to select a jury, read the pleadings and recess until March 28.

Coun…