Hull v. Gamblin

MYERS, Associate Judge:

Appellee, a Texas resident, filed suit in a Texas court alleging fraud and seeking damages from appellant, a District of Columbia resident. Substituted service, pursuant to Article 2031b of Vernon’s Annotated Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, was had upon appellant, who did not appear in Texas to defend the action. The court appointed an attorney ad litem to represent her, and, after trial, judgment was entered for appellee. Thereafter, ap-pellee filed an action in the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions alleging that the Texas judgment remained…