General Motors Corp., Chevrolet Div. v. Lane

REAVLEY, Justice.

Relators, General Motors Corporation and Taylor Chevrolet Company of Abilene, seek the issuance of a writ of mandamus to compel Honorable Donald H. Lane, Judge of the 42nd Judicial District, to vacate his order setting aside a prior order which dismissed for want of prosecution Velma Cosper Sutton’s suit against Rela-tors and which reinstated her suit on the docket of the court.

Mrs. Sutton’s suit had been set by agreement for trial on October 2, 1972. On that day, Relators announced ready for trial but Mrs. Sutton announced through her attorneys that she was not ready and…