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VETERANS' LAND BD. v. WILLIAMS

No. B-6052.

543 S.W.2d 89 (1976)

VETERANS' LAND BOARD of the State of Texas et al., Petitioners, v. Gertrude WILLIAMS et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

October 27, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brown, Maroney, Rose, Baker & Barber, Robert L. Davis, Austin, for petitioners.

John G. Angell, Seguin, for respondents.

PER CURIAM.

This case involves a question of abuse of discretion in dismissal for want of prosecution. The plaintiffs, Gertrude Williams, et al., brought a trespass to try title suit against the defendant, Veterans' Land Board in April 1968. An answer was filed, but the plaintiffs made no effort during the succeeding seven and one-half years to bring this suit to trial. During the summer of 1975, the District Court, on its...

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