Harris v. Hayles

CHADICK, Chief Justice.

This is a breach of contract suit filed in a district court of Dallas County, Texas. A default judgment for the plaintiffs is reversed and the case remanded to the trial court.

The plaintiffs’ petition alleged each defendant to be a resident of the State of Pennsylvania, engaged in and doing business but not maintaining a place of regular business in the State of Texas; (but the petition contains no allegation that defendants had no designated agent for service in the state). The plaintiffs caused a citation, accompanied by a copy of the plaintiffs’ petition, to be…