Legal Opinion
Hale v. Mothershed
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided July 22, 1986No. 9490PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.
Appellants challenge a district court order reinstating appellees’ case after it had been dismissed for want of prosecution. Although we agree that the reinstatement order is void because it was entered after the district court lost jurisdiction, we find that we do not have jurisdiction to entertain this attack on it, and accordingly dismiss the appeal.
On November 26, 1985, the district court of Cass County dismissed appellees’ suit for want of prosecution. A motion to reinstate the cause was filed on December 26, 1985, and a hearing was held on January 10, 1986. The…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Nowlin v. WheelerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1981