Essex International Ltd. v. Wood

GUITTARD, Chief Justice.

This appeal raises the issue of whether the trial judge abused his discretion in dismissing the suit for want of prosecution. We hold that the record fails to show an abuse of discretion. Consequently, we affirm.

The proceedings in the trial court are not fully shown in this record, which contains only a transcript. Plaintiff’s original petition was filed January 22,1981. After answering, defendants filed a motion to quash a notice to take a deposition. The next relevant document in the transcript is an order of dismissal for want of prosecution dated October 12, 1981,…