Legal Opinion
Jack H. Brown & Co. v. Northwest Sign Co.
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided August 29, 1986No. 05-85-01052-CVPublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GUITTARD, Chief Justice.
The question on this appeal is whether the present suit is barred by a prior default judgment and the compulsory counterclaim rule embodied in rule 97(a) of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. The present suit was brought by “Signgraphics,” an assumed name of Jack H. Brown & Company, Inc., a Texas corporation, against North*398west Sign Company, an Idaho corporation, for the price of steel pipe furnished for the erection of a Holiday Inn sign in Idaho. Northwest filed a special appearance challenging the personal jurisdiction of the Texas court. Northwest also filed a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Moore v. New York Cotton ExchangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Theresa Plant v. Blazer Financial Services, Inc. Of GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Griffin v. Holiday Inns of AmericaTexas Supreme Court · 1973
- Astro Sign Company v. SullivanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1974
- Gulf States Abrasive Manufacturing, Inc. v. OertelCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972
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3Cited by48 opinions
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- Pitts & Collard, L.L.P. v. SchechterCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2011
- Frazier v. Havens, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2003
- Williams v. National Mortgage Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1995
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