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Rule 163. Discontinuance As to Defendants Served, etc.

TEXT

When it will not prejudice the other defendants, the court may permit the plaintiff to discontinue his suit as to one or more of several defendants who were served with process, or who have answered, but no such discontinuance shall in any case, be allowed as to a principal obligor, except in the cases provided for in Art. 2088 of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas.

Source: Art. 2090, with minor textual changes.

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

AMENDMENTS

Dec. 5, 1983, eff. April 1, 1984

July 15, 1987, eff. Jan. 1, 1988