Scheffer v. Chron

KEITH, Justice.

We are called upon today to reaffirm and apply the rule that the negligence, inadvertence, or mistake of counsel is attributable to his client so that counsel’s failure to defend the case properly or to develop fully the available evidence does not constitute “good cause” authorizing a new trial. See generally, Petro-Chemical Transport, Inc. v. Carroll, 514 S.W.2d 240, 246 (Tex.1974); Reynolds v. Volunteer State Life Ins. Co., 80 S.W.2d 1087, 1094-1095 (Tex.Civ.App.-Eastland 1935, writ ref’d). And, we must also adhere to the rule that a motion for new trial may not be used as a…