Smith v. Amarillo Hospital District

COUNTISS, Justice.

This is a suit on an account. Appellant Clifton Smith, and his common-law wife Clara Johnson, were sued by appellee Amarillo Hospital District for medical services received but not paid for by Smith. Smith appeals from a judgment favorable to the Hospital District, advancing five points of error. We reverse and remand.

Smith’s second point of error, by which he questions the trial court’s personal jurisdiction of him, is determinative of this appeal and will be resolved first. The Hospital District filed suit against Smith on January 27, 1981, and the original petition was…