Sisco v. Briones

OPINION

CHAPA, Justice.

Appellant, Geraldine Sisco, appeals a default judgment granted to appellee, Jesus Enrique Briones, upon the failure of appellant to answer, following substituted service.

The dispositive issue is whether the trial court erred in denying a motion for new trial. TEX.R.APP.P. 90. We reverse and remand.

*525While the issue of whether the trial court erred in denying a motion for new trial is “directed to the sound discretion of the trial court”, “it is not an unbridled discretion to decide cases as they might deem proper, without reference to any guiding rule or principle.”…