Kennedy v. Highland Hills Apartments

OPINION

LAGARDE, Justice.

In this forcible detainer case, we consider whether a tenant’s failure to strictly comply with the requirements of rule of civil procedure 749b(2) entitles the landlord to a final judgment awarding it possession of the premises in the absence of a trial on the merits in county court. See Tex.R.Civ.P. 749b. 1 We conclude that the landlord is not so entitled.

Glenda Kennedy appeals from a judgment awarding exclusive possession of the premises at issue to Highland Hills Apartments. In the first of her ten points of error, appellant contends that the county court erred by…