SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
The appellees brought suit in a state court against appellant P. C. Ford, praying to recover possession of a ¾ interest in certain land, in the form of trespass to try title. P. C. Ford removed it to the federal court, and there entered a demurrer and general plea of not guilty. On April 25, 1938, when the suit came on for trial, the plaintiffs were not ready, the judge refused a postponement and dismissed it for want of prosecution without...
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