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GAEBLER v. HARRIS

No. 16626.

625 S.W.2d 5 (1981)

Ernest GAEBLER, Appellant, v. Ted HARRIS et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied August 28, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Kellis Dibrell, Dibrell, Dotson, Dibrell & Dibrell, San Antonio, Clint Small and Jim Alsup, Small, Craig & Werkenthin, Austin, for appellant.

Lonny Morrison, Sherrill & Pace, Wichita Falls, Rusty Sealy, Jones & Norris, Austin, for appellees.

OPINION

KLINGEMAN, Justice.

The sole question on this appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion in dismissing plaintiffs' suit for want of prosecution. This case was originally filed by Ernest, Jane and Ora Gaebler against Ted Harris, Gordon T. West and the West Company, Inc., on March 6, 1959. The case was dismissed for want of prosecution on defendants' motion on June 4, 1980, approximately 21 years later. On this appeal, plaintiffs complain...

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