Legal Opinion
J.A. Riggs Tractor Co. v. Bentley
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided December 19, 2006No. 06-06-00046-CVPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by Justice CARTER.
J.A. Riggs Tractor Company (Riggs) challenges the Texas court’s personal jurisdiction in this breach of contract action. This is an accelerated interlocutory appeal. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 51.014 (Vernon Supp.2006). The underlying case is a contract dispute between Michael W. Bentley, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, and Riggs, a Texarkana, Arkansas, company. Bentley alleges $74,000.00 in damages from Riggs’ cancellation of a contract for a generator.
Riggs raises two main issues on appeal: (1) the trial court erred in finding specific personal…
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