Legal Opinion
Laas v. Williamson
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided February 17, 2005No. 09-04-141 CVPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STEVE McKEITHEN, Chief Justice.
This is a restricted appeal in a personal injury case arising out of an automobile accident. The appellant, David Laas, 1 seeks to set aside a $1,090,795.74 default judgment based on defective service of process. We hold the return of citation filed of record is defective and cannot support a default judgment. Accordingly, we reverse and remand.
The accident occurred June 25, 2000, when Laas was sixteen years of age. Williamson filed suit on June 25, 2002. Citation issued the following day. The return of citation recites that the citation was served on…
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