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BREWER v. TAYLOR

No. 05-86-00713-CV.

737 S.W.2d 421 (1987)

Freddie Louis BREWER, Appellant, v. L.C. TAYLOR, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

September 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Freddie L. Brewer, pro se.

Samuel Theodore Foutz, Dallas, for appellee.

Before DEVANY, ROWE and HECHT, JJ.

HECHT, Justice.

Freddie Louis Brewer, an inmate in the Texas Department of Corrections, filed this malpractice action pro se against his criminal defense attorney, L.C. Taylor. Although Brewer announced ready for trial, he failed to appear at the appointed time because he was not at liberty to quit his place of confinement. The district court dismissed Brewer's action for want of prosecution and denied his motion to reinstate, which Brewer complains was an abuse of...

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