SEC Savings and Loan Association v. Ward

OPINION

PRESLAR, Justice.

This is a suit instituted by appellant, Security Savings & Loan Association, Dickinson, Texas, in Pecos County, Texas, against Frances G. Ward, also known as Frances Reed, and her mother, Dora Helmle, to set aside a conveyance of real property from daughter to mother on the basis that such conveyance was made in avoidance of creditors under Art. 3997, Vernon’s Annotated Civil Statutes.

Appellee Frances G. Ward maintained that two default judgments obtained against her by appellant in Galveston County, Texas were void because she was a non-resident of the State of Texas…