Alvarez v. Alvarez

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

Luis Armando Alvarez, the defendant below, has appealed by writ of error a default judgment for divorce. His wife, Celia Jones Alvarez,' sought substituted service under Rule 106, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. The petitioner contends that the trial court did not have jurisdiction over him for three reasons: (1) That he was never served with a copy of the petition ; (2) because the attempted service under Rule 106 was not accomplished; and (3) that petitioner was not represented by counsel in the trial court.

The trial court dissolved the bonds of matrimony and…