Rule 253. Absence of Counsel as Ground for Continuance (1941)

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Rule 253. Absence of Counsel as Ground for Continuance

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Except as provided elsewhere in these rules, absence of counsel will not be good cause for a continuance or postponement of the cause when called for trial, except it be allowed in the discretion of the court, upon cause shown or upon matters within the knowledge or information of the judge to be stated on the record.

Source: Texas Rule 49 (for District and County Courts).

Change: Addition of the wording to the first comma.

Oct. 29, 1940, eff. Sept. 1, 1941.