Legal Opinion

Smith v. Young.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 5, 1981No. 20551PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERTSON, Justice.

This is a suit for enforcement of a California judgment. The trial court rendered judgment for appellee Young and granted the California decree full faith and credit. Appellant Smith contends that (1) the judgment is void under California law due to non-compliance with the California statute governing proof of service by mail, and thus, is not enforceable in Texas; (2) noncompliance with the statute constituted a fraud on the California court in conferring jurisdiction to render judgment, and therefore, enforcing the judgment in Texas is error, and (3) enforcement of the…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Barber v. BarberSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. Caldwell v. TaylorCalifornia Supreme Court · 1933
  4. McElreath v. McElreathTexas Supreme Court · 1961
  5. Forslund v. ForslundCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1964

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. AutoGas Acquistions Corporation & AutoGas Systems, Inc v. Kelman, Dana, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2012

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