Judkins v. Davenport

QUINN, Justice.

Denny Ray Judkins (Judkins) appeals from a final summary judgment dismissing his claims against Richard Lynn Davenport and Brown Pontiac-GMC, Inc., d/b/a Brown Pontiac Truck (Davenport). His sole point of error concerns whether the trial court erred in entering such judgment. We reverse.

Background

Through this appeal, the litigants ask us to determine whether an inaccurate zip code renders an address improper for purposes of Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 5. Among other things, the rule specifies that:

[i]f any document is sent to the proper clerk by first-class United States mail…