Finlay v. Jones

CALVERT, Chief Justice.

By an original proceeding in this court, relator seeks issuance of a writ of mandamus to compel Judge Herman Jones to set aside an order, entered by him on May 17, 1968, granting a motion for new trial in Cause No. 144,607 on the docket of the 167th District Court of Travis County, or, alternatively, to set aside a nunc pro tunc judgment entered by him in the same cause on May 1, 1968. She is entitled to have the writ issue.

On August 31, 1967, Judge Jones rendered and entered a default judgment in favor of relator as plaintiff in Cause No. 144,607. By the terms of the…