Cain v. Thomson

MURRAY, Justice.

John Thomson, one of the appellees herein, instituted cause No. 22008 in the county court at law No. 2, of Bexar county, on February 20, 1931, against Grover 0. Cain, appellant herein. This suit remained on the docket until October 25, 1933, when judgment was rendered in favor of John Thomson by default. Just prior to the rendition of this default judgment, this cause had been set for dismissal for want of prosecution, when the attorney for Thomson appeared and secured a special setting of the cause. Under the rules of the trial court it was the duty of counsel for Thomson to…