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SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSP. CO. v. STOOT

No. B-5454.

530 S.W.2d 930 (1975)

SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Gussie F. STOOT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

December 17, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McLeod, Alexander, Powel & Apffel, Inc., Robert W. Alexander and James L. Anthony, Galveston, for petitioner.

Baker, Coltzer, Allmond & Coltzer, Robert G. Coltzer, Galveston, for respondent.

REAVLEY, Justice.

Pursuant to local rules and after hearing, the trial court dismissed for want of prosecution Gussie F. Stoot's damage suit against Southern Pacific Transportation Company. The Court of Civil Appeals reversed the judgment of dismissal and remanded the cause for trial. 527 S.W.2d 765. We uphold the procedure and the decision of the trial court.

Stoot's suit was filed on August 11, 1971, alleging an injury...

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