Watson Co. v. Bleeker

This suit was originally filed in the county court of Dallas county, Texas, on November 18, 1922, by J. Bleeker and Rebecca Bleeker, husband and wife, as plaintiffs, against George Watson, as defendant, who was alleged to be doing business under the trade-name of “Watson Company, Builders.” The court rendered judgment by default against George Watson, who thereafter filed a motion to set aside the default judgment against him, which was overruled, and he prosecuted an appeal to the Court of Civil Appeals, and the case was reversed, among other reasons, because Watson Company was a…