Legal Opinion
West v. Powell
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided September 26, 1991No. 01-91-00806-CVPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Portia West, relator, filed a motion for leave to file petition for writ of mandamus against the Honorable William Powell, respondent. Relator asks this Court to order respondent to proceed to trial in cause of *837action number 90-55036, which involves relator’s petition for bill of review.
Relator commenced an action, number 85-42429, against Otis Elevator, the real party in interest in the underlying proceeding, on July 24, 1985. On May 3, 1990, the case was dismissed for want of prosecution. Relator claimed that neither she nor her attorney was notified that the case had been dismissed…
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