Legal Opinion
Gaebler v. Harris
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided July 22, 1981No. 16626PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KLINGEMAN, Justice.
The sole question on this appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion in dismissing plaintiffs’ suit for want of prosecution. This case was originally filed by Ernest, Jane and Ora Gaebler against Ted Harris, Gordon T. West and the West Company, Inc., on March 6, 1959. The case was dismissed for want of prosecution on defendants’ motion on June 4, 1980, approximately 21 years later. On this appeal, plaintiffs complain that the trial court abused its discretion in dismissing the suit.
The case here involved was filed in 1959 and tried in September, 1961.…
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- Wyatt v. Texas Oklahoma Express, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1985
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