Legal Opinion
O'Brien v. Lanpar Company
Texas Supreme Court
Decided February 2, 1966No. A-10947PublishedCited by 198 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPE, Justice.
The question is whether an Illinois court had jurisdiction over a defaulting Texas corporation when it rendered an in per-sonam judgment against the nonresident Texas corporation. Plaintiff James H. O’Brien, an Illinois attorney, sued defendant Lanpar Company in Illinois and obtained a judgment for $2,848.25 and costs. Lanpar is a Texas corporation and was served with process in Texas. Plaintiff then brought suit in Texas upon that judgment and the trial court sustained defendant’s motion for summary judgment, holding that the Illinois judgment was not entitled to full faith and…
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