Harvestons Securities, Inc. v. Narnia Investments, Ltd.

SUBSTITUTE MAJORITY OPINION1

KEM THOMPSON FROST, Justice.

Appellant Harvestons Securities, Inc., defendant in the trial court, brings this restricted appeal of a default judgment rendered against it and in favor of appellee Narnia Investments, Ltd., the plaintiff in the trial court. In three issues, Harve-stons contends that service of process was defective and therefore the trial court erred in rendering the default judgment. We reverse and remand.

I.Factual and Procedural Background

Narnia Investments filed suit against several defendants, including Harvestons.2 Narnia’s petition stated:

Harvesto…