Exposition Apartments Co. v. Barba

POWERS, Justice.

We review, by writ of error, a default judgment entered in the County Court at Law Number Two of Travis County, Texas, against “Exposition Apartments Company, d/b/a Brittany Apartments.” The petitioner, Exposition Apartments Company, is a limited partnership under California law and qualified to do business in Texas. The controlling issue is whether the record reflects the trial court had acquired personal jurisdiction over petitioner before judgment was rendered. Respondents, Joe Barba and Manfred Kerschke, contend jurisdiction was acquired by service of citation in the…