COURTLANDT CORP. v. TRICO SERVICE CORP.

No. 17624.

600 S.W.2d 883 (1980)

The COURTLANDT CORPORATION et al., Appellants, v. TRICO SERVICE CORPORATION et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (First District).

Rehearing Denied May 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patterson, Boyd, Lowery & Aderholt, Ben L. Aderholt, Daniel K. Trevino, Jr., Houston, for appellants.

Bracewell & Patterson, William K. Wilde, J. Woodfin Jones, Vinson & Elkins, Paul E. Stallings, Kenneth E. Johns, Jr., Houston, for appellees.

Before PEDEN, EVANS and WARREN, JJ.


PEDEN, Justice.

This appeal is from an order vacating the reinstatement of a cause previously dismissed for want of prosecution. The central issue is whether the trial judge rendered a reinstatement order within the applicable thirty-day period provided by Rule 165a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. We hold that he did not.

The significant events in this case occurred on these dates in 1979:

May 15 Dismissal order signed.

June 4 Plaintiffs ...

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