Armentrout v. Murdock

OPINION

MIRABAL, Justice.

This is an appeal from a dismissal for want of prosecution.

In six points of error, appellant, Joe Maurice Armentrout, contends that the trial court erred in dismissing the case, and in overruling appellant’s motion to reinstate.

The appellate standard of review of a dismissal for want of prosecution or the overruling of a motion to reinstate is whether there has been a clear abuse of discretion by the trial court. Moore v. Armour & Co., 748 S.W.2d 327, 329 (Tex.App. — Amarillo 1988, no writ); Speck v. Ford Motor Co., 709 S.W.2d 273, 276 (Tex. App. — Houston [14th Dist.]…