Metz v. Bremond
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Harris. The words “ I acknowledge service, this 3rd, November, 1853, were written on each citation, and signed with the names of the respective defendants. There were no returns by the Sheriff, on these citations.
1Opinion of the Court
Hemphill, Ch. J.
This was a suit on several notes of hand, in which judgment was given by default against the plaintiffs in error.
Fourteen grounds have been assigned for reversal, amounting in substance to this, that there was no sufficient service of process and that the judgment is excessive.
On the first citations issued the parties respectively acknowledged service in writing over their own signatures. This acknowledgment appears to have been written on the citation. Subsequently other citations were issued and served on the parties by the Sheriff, but not until after the return day of the…
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