HALE v. MOTHERSHED

No. 9490.

715 S.W.2d 134 (1986)

Bobby Ralph HALE, Elaine Hale, Jimmie P. Davis and Doylene Davis, Appellants, v. S.W. MOTHERSHED, Sr., Cora Douglas and Lazell Pullam, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

July 22, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond D. Anderson, Keeney, Anderson & James, Texarkana, for appellants.

James Bullock, Missouri City, for appellees.


CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Appellants challenge a district court order reinstating appellees' case after it had been dismissed for want of prosecution. Although we agree that the reinstatement order is void because it was entered after the district court lost jurisdiction, we find that we do not have jurisdiction to entertain this attack on it, and accordingly dismiss the appeal.

On November 26, 1985, the district court of Cass County dismissed appellees' suit...

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