Legal Opinion
Goff v. Branch
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided December 31, 1991No. 04-91-00097-CVPublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHAPA, Justice.
Appellants, Margaret P. Goff, and her husband, William D. Goff, appeal a trial court’s order of dismissal for want of prosecution. The issues before this court are whether the trial court erred in dismissing appellants’ medical malpractice cause of action against Dr. Charles Leon Branch for want of prosecution, and in denying appellants’ motion for reinstatement of their lawsuit.
Under TEX.R.CIV.P. 165a(l), a trial court has the power to dismiss “for want of prosecution on failure of any party seeking affirmative relief to appear for any hearing or trial of which the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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