Legal Opinion
Johnson Radiological Group v. Medina
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 3, 1978No. 1807PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COULSON, Justice.
Johnson Radiological Group, Danforth Memorial Hospital, Inc., and Jesse B. Johnson appeal from an order reinstating a case filed against them by Robert and Elisa Medina after the case had been dismissed for want of prosecution. Although we believe the reinstatement order is void since it was entered after the trial court had lost subject matter jurisdiction, we hold that we do not have jurisdiction to entertain an attack on it. We accordingly dismiss the appeal.
On July 5, 1977 the Tenth District Court of Galveston County dismissed the Medinas’ suit for want of prosecution. On…
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3Cited by8 opinions
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