Legal Opinion
De Prins v. Van Damme
Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)
Decided July 31, 1997No. 12-97-00082-CVPublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLCOMB, Justice.
Maurits L. De Prins (“De Prins”), plaintiff below, appeals the order of the trial court sustaining defendants’ Willy Van Damme (‘Van Damme”), F. Crols (“Crols”), and Trends, N.V. (“Trends”) (collectively “Appel-lees”) special appearance and dismissal for lack of jurisdiction. Two points of error are assigned. We will affirm.
According to the record, De Prins is a Belgian resident and citizen. Van Damme is a journalist, and a citizen and resident of Belgium. Trends is a Belgian corporation that publishes a Belgian magazine called “Trends.” Crols, a citizen and resident of…
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