Hasting v. Marchal

GRIMES, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order denying dismissal for lack of prosecution.

A suit for damages was filed on July 6, 1972. There was no answer filed but no default taken. On September S, 1974, a motion, notice and judgment of dismissal were entered, sua sponte, by the court in which it was stated that the suit would stand dismissed for lack of prosecution unless the plaintiffs filed a Showing of Good Cause by September 18, 1974, in which event a hearing would be held on September 23, 1974, for the purpose of deciding the issue. The plaintiffs timely filed a Showing of Good Cause.…