American Steel Building Company, Inc. v. Davidson & Richardson Construction Company, Fred Davidson, A/K/A Zed Davidson

I agree with the majority that alleged service defects under long arm statutes áre reviewable by this Court as a threshold consideration of due process. The majority, however, exaggerates the degree of strict compliance required in Texas, and I dissent as to the conclusion that American Steel defectively served Fred Davidson.

The majority’s reversal of the district court judgment rests on the mailing of service to “Zed” rather than “Fred” Davidson. By comparison to those service defects that have crippled jurisdiction in Texas, I find that the error in this case does not rise to the level of a…