Brown v. Vann

OPINION

Opinion By Justice LANG.

This is a restricted appeal pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 30. 1 Appellant, John F. Brown, is the defendant below. The jury rendered a verdict favorable to him, yet the trial court dismissed the case for want of prosecution when a proposed judgment was not submitted by the parties. In two issues, Brown argues that the trial court’s dismissal of this case for want of prosecution is an abuse of discretion.

Brown asserts specifically that the error of abuse of discretion is apparent on the face of the record since: 1) the trial court should have…