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HARRIS COUNTY v. MILLER

No. B-7887.

576 S.W.2d 808 (1979)

HARRIS COUNTY, Relator, v. Honorable George E. MILLER, Judge, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied March 7, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Resweber, County Atty., David R. Hurley, Asst. County Atty., Houston, for relator.

Thurlow & Hennessy, Nicholas E. Zito, Ira D. Watrous, William B. Portis, Jr., Houston, Frank W. Elliott, Lubbock, Ralph E. Gustafson, Houston, for respondent.

GREENHILL, Chief Justice.

In this original mandamus proceeding, Harris County has petitioned this court to order the trial judge to vacate an order reinstating a case on the ground that the trial court has lost jurisdiction to do so under Rule 165a.1

The question before us is whether a trial court has jurisdiction to reinstate a case previously dismissed for want of prosecution, when more than thirty days have elapsed since the...

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