Legal Opinion

Thordson v. City of Houston

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 18, 1991No. C14-90-0678-CVPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MAJORITY OPINION

ROBERTSON, Justice.

This appeal is from an order dismissing for want of prosecution appellant’s wrongful discharge suit against the city. In two points of error appellant contends the trial court erred in failing to set an oral hearing regarding his motion to reinstate. We affirm.

Appellant filed suit on May 23, 1988. So far as the record before us shows, there was absolutely no activity and apparently the case appeared on the dismissal for want of prosecution docket for April, 1990. On April 23, 1990, appellant filed a motion to retain the case on the docket, and the only…

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Thordson v. City of HoustonTexas Supreme Court · 1991

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