Legal Opinion
Myers v. Emery
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided August 9, 1985No. 05-84-01098-CVPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*28AKIN, Justice.
Sam B. Myers, Jr., appeals from an order of dismissal granting the special appearance of Robert J. Emery, Kelan Emery, and the law firm of Emery, McCandless, Gaitis, Bruehl and Gerstandt (the individual lawyers and the law firm in which they practice will be referred to as defendants or as “Emery” collectively). The question presented is whether a special appearance under TEX.R.CIV.P. 120a filed after a default judgment had been rendered was a general appearance. We hold that it was not. Likewise we hold that the trial judge did not err in setting aside the default judgment…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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