Bacon v. Carey Co.

ROSE, Justice.

Appellants (defendants in an action to enforce personal guarantees of a lease agreement) discharged their attorney the morning before trial. On the morning the trial was scheduled to begin, the trial judge granted counsel for the appellant’s motion to withdraw and denied appellants’ motion for a continuance. The subsequent verdict was against the pro-se appellants. Appellants ask this court to remand the case for a new trial on the grounds that the trial judge abused his discretion in allowing appellants’ counsel to withdraw and again in denying a motion for a continuance. We…