Maddison Dual Fuels, Inc. v. Southern Union Co.

OPINION

RODRIGUEZ, Justice.

Maddison Dual Fuels, Inc. (“Maddison”) appeals from a no-answer default judgment which resulted after Maddison failed to answer in a suit for breach of a purchase agreement. We reverse and remand.

BACKGROUND

Southern Union Co. (“Southern”) made a purchase order to Maddison for 123 fuel conversion kits to be used by the Rio Grande Valley School Districts for converting school bus engines to run on natural gas. In that purchase order, Southern specified that

Equipment orders from each district will be processed by Southern Union Gas and forwarded as delivery requests to…