Baker Hughes Inc. v. Brooks

OPINION

MARTHA HILL JAMISON, Justice.

This appeal asks whether an individual who signs a contract on behalf of a Delaware corporation that has forfeited its corporate charter concedes personal jurisdiction in Texas under the contract’s forum selection clause. Baker Hughes Inc. sued Robert E. Brooks on a promissory note that he signed as president of Delphi Consulting, Inc. The trial court granted Brooks’s special appearance and dismissed Baker’s Hughes’s lawsuit. We affirm.

*248 Background

The parties generally agree on the underlying facts pertinent to this appeal. As president of Delphi, Brooks…