Elkins v. West

CORNELIUS, Justice.

The principal question in this appeal is whether the defendant, in this Texas suit brought to enforce a Louisiana judgment, was entitled to contest the jurisdiction of the Louisiana court after he had unsuccessfully appeared there specially to contest that jurisdiction in the original suit.

Appellee West recovered judgment for $22,500.00 damages, plus interest and attorney’s fees, against Appellant Elkins in the District Court of Caddo Parish, Louisiana. The suit grew out of an automobile collision in Louisiana which involved a vehicle belonging to appellant and driven by a…