Legal Opinion
Butts v. Capitol City Nursing Home, Inc.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided March 5, 1986No. C-4936PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF ERROR
2Per curiam
Virginia Butts filed an unverified motion to reinstate within thirty (30) days after an order was signed dismissing her personal injury suit. The trial court denied the motion. Butts filed an appeal bond eighty-eight (88) days after the order of dismissal was signed. Relying upon the decision of this court in Gilbert v. Hubert, Hunt, Nichols, Inc., 671 S.W.2d 869 (Tex.1984), the court of appeals dismissed the appeal for want of jurisdiction. 700 S.W.2d 628.
We refuse the application for writ of error, no reversible error. However, we disapprove the court of…
3Cases cited2 opinions
- Gilbert v. Huber, Hunt & Nichols, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1984
- Butts v. Capitol City Nursing Home, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1985
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