Franklin v. Sherman Independent School District

OPINION

Each of these appeals challenges the trial court’s dismissal of the case for want of prosecution without providing notice of or conducting a hearing prior to dismissal. Appellants have filed nearly identical briefs in each case. As asserted in each case, appellants (plaintiffs below) argue in two points of error that the trial court violated rule 165a of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure by dismissing the cases without first providing notice of and conducting a hearing and further erred in failing to reinstate the cases after violation of the rule was brought to the court’s attention.…