Legal Opinion
Escalona v. Combs
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided June 12, 1986No. 01-85-01051-CVPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JACK SMITH, Justice.
This is an appeal from an order vacating an out of state default judgment. The issue on appeal is whether a New York court had jurisdiction to render a personal judgment against the appellee.
The Supreme Court of Suffolk County, New York entered a default judgment against the defendants in a cause of action styled “Mariano Escalona and Terese Esca-lona vs. Family Motors, Inc., Commercial Services Corp., and John W. Combs, doing business as Lone Star Adjusters.” The court awarded the plaintiffs $3,957 in compensatory damages and $5,000 in punitive damages, plus…
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