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GENERAL MOTORS CORP., CHEVROLET DIV. v. LANE

No. B-3916.

496 S.W.2d 533 (1973)

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, CHEVROLET DIVISION, and Taylor Chevrolet Company of Abilene, Relators, v. Honorable Donald H. LANE, District Judge, and Velma Cosper Sutton, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

June 6, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McMahon, Smart, Sprain, Wilson, Camp & Lee, J. M. Lee, Abilene, Strasburger, Price, Kelton, Martin & Unis, Royal H. Brin, Jr., Dallas, Robert D. Batjer, Jr., Abilene, for relators.

Leland D. Sutton, Odessa, for respondents.

REAVLEY, Justice.

Relators, General Motors Corporation and Taylor Chevrolet Company of Abilene, seek the issuance of a writ of mandamus to compel Honorable Donald H. Lane, Judge of the 42nd Judicial District, to vacate his order setting aside a prior order which dismissed for want of prosecution Velma Cosper Sutton's suit against Relators and which reinstated her suit on the docket of the court.

Mrs. Sutton's suit had been set by agreement for trial on October...

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