Trigg Ex Rel. Trigg v. Moore

Opinion

BRIAN QUINN, Chief Justice.

Jim Jones Trigg, Jr., attorney in fact for Mary Jane Trigg (Trigg), appeals the dismissal without prejudice of his lawsuit against Patti T. Moore (Moore), his sister. The order of dismissal was issued in response to a motion for nonsuit filed by Trigg. Before us, he contends that the judgment should be reversed because 1) he never served notice on his opponent, 2) he had an unfettered right to withdraw his nonsuit before the trial court issued a written order dismissing the cause, and 3) the trial court should have granted his request to reinstate the suit.…