Southern S. S. Co. v. Schumacher Co.

MONTEITH, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a default judgment rendered in favor of appellee, The Schumacher Company, for damages alleged to have been sustained as a result of the negligence of appellant Southern Steamship Company, in the handling of a shipment of merchandise from Hershey, Pa., to Houston, Texas.

Citation was duly served on the agent of appellant on September 6, 1939. No answer was filed or appearance entered by appellant and on the day after the return day, October 3, 1939, an interlocutory judgment by default with writ of inquiry was taken by appellee. Thereafter, on…